Record ID: NMS-A39651
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lower Palaeolithic pointed ovate handaxe of Wymer's type E, unifacially and invasively knapped from a thermal or "potlid" fractured piece of white patinated flint, the dorsal (worked) face is patinated with a white "basket weave" with the original brown flint colour showing in-between, there is a small patch of worn and orange stained cortex where the flakes did not overlap towards the middle of this face. This type of handaxe are quickly made from any available small piece of flint and the knapping is focused usually to produce one sharp cutting edge over any attempt at symmetry, tho…
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 5th August 2019
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Record ID: NMS-522CD9
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Early Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet pendant, oval and slightly narrower at the apex than at the base. The sheet back-plate is rolled forward at the upper end to make a suspension loop with four longitudinal ribs. The setting comprises a dark red cabochon stone, presumably a garnet, with an off-centre angled polished face, set within a plain collar formed from a strip of gold sheet, the join clearly visible. This is surrounded by an outer border of two plain narrow ribs either side of a beaded wire rib. Dimensions: Length (including suspension loop) 19mm. Maximum width 10.5m…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 22nd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9D4408
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Anglo-Saxon silver and copper-alloy boss from unidentified object. Domed, formed from three layers; an upper silver decorated dome over a layer of corroded copper alloy before a further silver layer. Parts of the edge of the upper silver dome may be original, but the lower two layers have no original surviving edge. Decorated with a triquetra in very low relief within a border defined by engraved lines, with gilding surviving between the raised lines. Dimensions: Surviving diameter 14-16mm. Height at least 9mm. Weight 5.2g. Discussion: The function and identity …
Created on: Monday 16th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-6D5379
Object type: RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver wire suspension ring. Circular-sectioned with the slightly thinner ends overlapping and wrapped around the ring in the form of a slip-knot. The ring is cracked in several places and part of the 'knot' is missing with four relatively fresh breaks. Maximum diameter of the wire 3mm. With of ring 28mm. Height of ring 28mm. Weight 3.3g. For similar examples see a copper alloy suspension ring attached to a pin or toilet article from Heacham, Norfolk (NMS-CCD5C0), attached to tweezers from Methwold, Norfolk (HER 4780, NMS-E44625), and to a Late Saxon key (KENT-998C0D). See also sim…
Created on: Saturday 14th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6D0C5B
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver spoon knop of seal top type. From the top down; plain disc, narrow fluted baluster, constriction, tapering fluted baluster, two plain narrow mouldings, short length of hexagonal-sectioned stem before break. The end of the stem is damaged, perhaps partially molten or miscast on one side. Length (excluding surviving stem) 23.5mm. Diameter of disc 15mm. Weight 11.8g. For a very similar example on a complete spoon see Gask (1926, 88 and pl.XIII, no.3). 16th century.
Created on: Saturday 14th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-0BF886
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Three fragments of a medieval silver sheet object, possibly a scabbard chape, dating to c. AD 1200-1300. All three are decorated on one face with fields defined by engraved lines and filled with either rocker-arm engraving or niello. The other face is undecorated. The original find was too fragmentary to discern a possible pattern; the addition of two joining pieces show that there appears to be an abstract foliate design. Fragment 1: No original edge, broken across at least one rivet or attachment hole. The fragment is too small to determine what the decoration depi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-183C7E
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age penannular ring fragment, or 'ring money'. Sub-oval-section, slightly flattened on the upper and lower face, with a copper alloy core and outer banded gold sheath. The banding appears lighter with an almost silvery colour on the outer face and a darker, slightly blackened appearance on the inner face. Broken at both ends with possible traces of having been cut or chopped. The exposed copper alloy surface is fairly corroded, suggesting ancient breaks. See NMS-5D0C86 for a similar complete example. Weight 5.7g. Width 8.5mm. Surviving diameter 17.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-049B31
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver grosso of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), Rome, 1492-1503, adapted by the cutting out of a disc from the centre of the coin. The reason for this is uncertain; annular brooches are known which have been similarly treated but they are generally over two centuries earlier in date and have a hole drilled in the perimeter to accommodate a pin. The fashion for making annular brooches out of coins seems to have died out long before the last decade of the 15th century when this grosso was struck. It is probable that another function was intended for this large silver washer but wha…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
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Record ID: NMS-EDAEB2
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
SF4. Context 1046. Silver-gilt dress fastener. Length 13mm. Width 8mm. Weight 0.6g. Dress fastener consisting of a single piece of circular sectioned wire formed into a spiral 'figure of eight' which would have been sewn onto a garment, ending in a hook with a rounded end. The hook is applied to an incomplete decorative plate, upon which there is partly visible some filigree work. This type of dress hook is classified as a Read (2008) Class B Type 2, 3 or 4 (unknown which type as plate is incomplete; nos. 597-605). Early post-medieval. Read, B. 2008. Hooked-Cl…
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-55F880
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver button. Solid circular head, convex on the upper face, flat on the reverse with a separate soldered wire loop. No decoration survives but the upper face appears to be heavily worn. Diameter 14mm. Height 8mm. Weight 3.1g. Probably 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-21BDCB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Undated gold finger ring. Sheet band with median repoussé rib. There are at least two transverse creases which may indicate a join but the ring is slightly distorted, making this uncertain. Dimensions: External diameter 20mm. Width of band 7.5mm. Weight 2.29g. Discussion: Images of the ring have been seen by British Museum curators including Gillian Varndell, Neil Wilkin, Richard Hobbs and Barry Ager, and they have concluded that it cannot securely be dated to any particular period. It must therefore remain undated, and so does not fall under the provisions of …
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-20EA22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Brooch manufactured by the addition of a copper-alloy backplate and pin to a silver penny of William I. The front of the brooch (the reverse of the coin) has been gilded, and the backplate and pin mechanism is attached centrally by means of a silver rivet. The backplate is poorly preserved and incomplete, but appears to have consisted of a 4-5mm wide strip, perhaps with the edges bent up (the photograph does not include a side view and the details of the pin fixings were not noted at the time of recording). The pin has a closed loop through which a pin bar with burred-over ends surviv…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2016
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-3DB5C1
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver headdress pin fragment of the bodkin type. Only the upper end survives. Rectangular-sectioned with a small knop at the terminal above a circular aperture, broken across a rectangular slot. The engraved decoration within a single line border following the edge is alike on both faces and consists of (from the top down) a line around the circular aperture forming a point-down teardrop, eight dots arranged in two vertical lines of four, a point-up single line chevron, groups of three angled lines either side of the rectangular slot. Surviving length 25mm. Width 4.5mm.…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-0085D1
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Probably Late Saxon silver hooked tag of Lewis and Naylor (2013) type A1.c.iii. (circular plate, linear cruciform decoration). Circular plate with two attachment holes at the upper edge, engraved with a single line border around the edge from which four evenly spaced engraved H-shapes extend, the inner arms splayed towards each other but not joined, to form the arms of a cross around a central irregular reverse S. No trace of niello survives in the engraved lines. There is a short complete or near complete integral sharp hook extending from the lower edge. Length 21mm. Width 13mm. Wei…
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EDDA0C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring. D-sectioned band now slightly distorted, plain internally and externally. Measuring (external) 17.5 x 20mm, (internal) 17 x 15mm. Width of band 2mm. Weight 1.7g. Undated but probably post-medieval or modern.
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-01B386
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Undated but probably ancient (over 300 years old) gold ingot or coin blank. Flat-sectioned, sub-oval, with hammer marks around the edge and faint hammer marks on the flat faces. Measuring 11 x 9mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Weight 1.97g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-9F0438
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Unidentified silver frame, perhaps a mount or strap or chain distributor, now distorted. Circular openwork front-plate with a large octofoil aperture, the outer edge with multiple closely spaced notches forming a scalloped edge. A separate sheet soldered to the reverse at right-angles to the front-plate forms sides, with a scalloped rear edge, each foil with two longitudinal grooves, the foils separated by engraved lines. The front-plate is decorated with an engraved line, from which crosshatched triangles extend, point inwards, between each of the openwork foils. A re…
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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Record ID: NMS-9AE5E7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver mount, now distorted and incomplete, the surviving part in two joining pieces. A conical faceted sexfoil, each foil with a median arris terminating in a short pointed projection at the outer edge, with an engraved line separating each foil, and a central hole in the flat apex of the cone. Height 17mm. Diameter of base (reconstructed) circa 34mm. Weight 3.3g. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-9A834A
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver cuff-link. Two octagonal buttons with downturned edges and a separate soldered loop on the reverse, connected by an oval wire loop with but joint. The loop is stamped with a maker's mark which is now too worn to decipher. Each button is decorated with engraved curved lines forming a border around a central flower. Button 14.5 x 14.5mm. Height including loop 6mm. Connecting loop 16.5 x 6.5mm. Weight 2.2g. Circa 18th century.
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-9A3F0A
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post-medieval silver toilet article. Twisted rectangular-sectioned shaft with a shallow ear-scoop at one end and a flat-sectioned lozengiform terminal forming a toothpick at the other, broken across the tip. The lozengiform terminal is now bent almost parallel with the shaft. Length (unbent) 69mm. Width of scoop 3mm. Maximum width (of lozengiform terminal) 4.5mm. Weight 2.05g. See similar examples from London (Egan and Pritchard, 2002, 378, fig.251, nos.1758 - 1760) and SOM-B38BA2, DENO-FE6EA0, DENO-BBED67 and DENO-9EE9E7.
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-60A4F2
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver cuff-link button. Octagonal with downturned edge and separate soldered loop on the reverse. The front face is decorated with engraved curved lines forming a border around the edge, with a central flower. Width 14mm. Height (including loop) 5mm. Weight 0.8g. Circa 18th century.
Created on: Friday 13th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-8EADF3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold stirrup-shaped finger ring with blue sapphire or possibly glass cabochon. D-sectioned band expanding smoothly at the shoulders to form the bezel with an oval setting. Height 25mm. Width 20.5mm. Internal diameter 18mm. Weight 2.48g. 12th - 13th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2016
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Record ID: NMS-89D04B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gros tournois of Loius IX of France, issued 1266-70, gilded on the obverse and with the remains of clasp fittings attached to the reverse. This transforming of a coin to a brooch (or clasp) was a common phenomenon in the late 13th century and a number of similar examples are known including several from Norfolk (Marsden 2014, 90-2). The adaption also means that the coin is treated as an object and, being a precious metal artefact of more than 300 years age, is thus a case of Treasure. Diameter 26mm. Weight 4.38g. Late 13th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-89B182
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded silver fragment probably of a dress fastener. Flat-sectioned plate with two small projecting pierced lugs for attachment with a small pellet between, decorated in low relief with a fleur-de-lis within a triangular border with a pellet at the end of a scroll to either side below the pierced lugs. The lower edge is broken, probably across a loop. Surviving length 11.5mm. Width 11mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Weight 1.0g. For broadly similar examples see SUSS-3C97C2 and SOM-FDD898. 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-7B1A23
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Probable ingot. Silver sub-D-sectioned bar, rounded at both ends, slight hollow on the flatter face with a tiny short projection which does not appear to be deliberate. Length 22mm. Width 7mm. Thickness (excluding projection) 5.5mm. Undated but probably ancient (over 300 years old).
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-7AFB36
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Probable ingot. Gold bar, with irregular, sub-triangular section, pitted on two faces and smooth on the convex third, rounded at one end, shallow angled cuts on the opposing pitted faces before a granular break at the other. Surviving length 50mm. Section 6 x 7mm. Weight 21.1g. Undated but very probably ancient (over 300 years old).
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-79E837
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gilded silver hook from a composite hook-and-eye set. Circular plate with a border of twisted wire, a central circle of plain wire with four evenly spaced ovals of plain wire linking the central circle and edge. A hook formed from a piece of wire bent double with the ends bent into loops to forms eyes is soldered to the reverse. Diameter of plate 10mm. Length 11mm. Read (2008, 159, no.598 and 599) Class B, Type 2. See ESS-FC3336 for a similar example. 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-79AA0C
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gilded silver composite hooked tag. Trefoil back-plate with notched edges, three domed bosses each decorated with three filigree circles around a central pellet, with a butterfly rivet (split pin) securing a small disc with irregularly cut edges at the centre. On the reverse is a separate soldered hook, and a separate soldered rectangular-sectioned loop stamped with a maker's mark AK or KK. Length 17mm. Width 14.5mm. Weight 2.5mm. 16th century. For a similar example see NMS-0A8C23.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-797A7A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band inscribed internally in italics Tis your consent is my content followed by a partially worn and completely illegible stamped maker's mark. The S of 'consent' is elongated, and the 'e' following it only partially engraved. Width of band 3mm. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 16.5mm. Weight 1.8g. There are several similar examples in the collections of the British Museum, including Museum Number 1961,1202.82. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-79246A
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver cuff-link. Two discs, the front disc with pair of overlapping crowned hearts on a stippled field and downturned rim, connected to the slightly larger rear disc with two engraved lines around the edge by a circular-sectioned shank. Diameter of upper disc 13mm. Diameter of rear disc 14mm. Thickness 18mm. Weight 1.8g. The crowned hearts may refer to the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza in 1662. 1662 - circa 1700.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-39110C
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lower Palaeolithic handaxe of type D (Wymer 1968, 1999.) Hard hammer struck from a suitable flat and slightly irregular nodule of mottled grey and black flint, now unpatinated; both faces have a patch of cortex extant, one appearing as a hollow where the flake removals did not succeed in being deep enough to level the concavity. All the edges and high points of the flake scars are heavily rolled. 143.5 x 80 x 37 mm. Weight: 432g. Found on beach. Recorded and sketched by the late Tony Gregory in 1975.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-178AE0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age socketed terminal mount in the form of a bull's head. Circular-sectioned socket filled with orange-stained soil, perhaps from iron corrosion, with four evenly spaced rivet holes between two very fine engraved lines around the edge. One of the rivet holes is broken through and there is a ragged crack extending 11mm from the edge, possibly caused by internal corrosion forcing the socket apart. The socket tapers smoothly from the opening, curving at the end to form a narrow neck before the stylised bull's head. This is cast in the round, with horizontal horns which bend sha…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FD9EBA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold finger ring in very good condition. The hoop is circular, the same width throughout, and D-shaped in cross-section with decoration on the convex exterior. The decoration is incised and punched, and inlaid with black enamel. It consists of four panels of two repeated designs. Design 1 is a rectangle with one forked or swallow-tailed end and one pointed end, forming a pennant shape. The point contains oblique ridges alternating with rows of beading; the rest of the shape is filled with incised plant-like motifs made from short gr…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2AE576
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver hawking vervel of ring type. D-sectioned band, flat externally and curved internally, with an engraved external inscription in roman capitals +HADLYGE • IN • SVF', probably referring to Hadleigh, Suffolk. A pair of faintly engraved guide lines are visible between the inscribed letters, and a faint X behind the initial cross. External diameter 9mm. Internal diameter 6mm. Width of band 2.5mm. Weight 0.6g. Discussion: For similar examples see: KENT-C245C7 (2007 T378), YORYM-2FB222 (2007 T183), BH-01EC33 (2007 T24) and BERK-6BD475 (2011 T461). Vervels were used in falconr…
Created on: Friday 11th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiveton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-29BDBB
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver, gilded dress fastener eye-plate. Cast in low relief in the form of a stylised cherub's face with trefoil sprigs of probable foliage above and below, the larger upper sprigs framing the base of the circular eye, the lower smaller sprigs framing a an attachment loop to either side of the cherub. Flat, plain reverse. Gilding survives on the front face only. Length 14mm. Width 10mm. Thickness 2.5mm. Weight 0.8g. 16th century. For a very similar example see SOM-616C6A.
Created on: Friday 11th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Witchingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1A64D8
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver toilet article earscoop / toothpick combination. Oval ear coop with a twisted stem with four concave sides each decorated with a median line of engraving, before a collar with five ribs formed by lines of transverse filing on each face which line up imperfectly, above which the stem is circular-sectioned and tapers to a point to form the toothpick. There are traces of gilding on the collar and twisted stem. The circular-sectioned end is now bent. Length 107mm. Diameter at collar 3mm. Weight 4.4g. For a similar example without a collar see LVPL-935524. Circa 14th …
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiveton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-18AEC3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Mount or inlay. Fragment of flat-sectioned silver strip, parallel sided, broken at one end, the other end an angled concave edge with the corners broken. The upper face decorated with a flower and leaves on a field keyed for niello, much of which survives. There is a narrow, plain border around the edge without niello. On the reverse are discoloured patches probably the result of solder, with no other visible means of attachment. Surviving dimensions 21 x 12 x 1mm. Weight 1.1g. The size of the fragment has made finding parallels difficult and consequently a broad date range of 15…
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiveton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CA73D5
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver composite dress hook. Lozengiform back-plate supporting a larger lozengiform frame with a large plain knop at each corner and three ribbed knops on each side, with a stepped border around the central lozengiform aperture. A separate complex openwork quatrefoil, each foil consisting of crosshatched lobe flanked by tendrils perhaps representing thistles, is secured to the back-plate by a dome-headed butterfly-clip. A rectangular-sectioned attachment loop is soldered to the reverse of the frame and a sharp hook, now slightly bent, is soldered to the frame and back-pl…
Created on: Thursday 13th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-9D9633
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver finger ring of Henig Type II. D-sectioned hoop expanding smoothly from the rear through the shoulders to form the slightly flattened bezel set with an oval carnelian intaglio depicting a standing figure facing (in impression) right. Hardened dirt or corrosion product fill part of the engraving. Width of bezel 8mm. Height of hoop 18mm. Width of hoop 21mm. Weight 3.9g. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-9B905B
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver seal matrix. Octagonally faceted handle with triple ribbed collar and globular terminal pierced for suspension. Maker's marks stamped twice on the reverse, both worn but probably BC or BG with a pellet above and below within an oval. There is a well-defined line of differential patination inset from but following the edge of the reverse which goes through both marks. Incised bell with canons, vertical ribs on the crown, a band of dots and transverse ribs on the body, the clapper protruding below the rim, with an inner single line and outer beaded border. Octagonal…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-4C1582
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval or post-medieval silver, gilded brooch with open, slightly angled flat-sectioned frame. The upper face is decorated with filigree and pellets, with a line of twisted wire around the internal and external edges either side of a row of pellets each surrounded by an annulet of twisted wire with two small pellets between each of the larger pellets. The frame is pierced for a cast, D-sectioned pin with a double transverse moulding before the loop and recessed on the underside for the frame. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 10.5mm. Weight 1.0g. Very similar broo…
Created on: Friday 7th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2016
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Record ID: NMS-0E8E47
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold signet ring. The band is flat internally with three external facets, expanding smoothly through the shoulders before a flat, octagonal bezel. The bezel is deeply engraved with a beaded border around a shield bearing A lion rampant, the helm is unusually small and is crowned with a ducal coronet above which the crest comprises A boar's head couped. There is elaborate scrolled mantling to either side of the helm and shield. On the reverse of the bezel at one edge is a stamped maker's mark: F within a triangle. The hoop is now slightly distorted. Height 20mm. Width 22m…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-0C1C46
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver ring with an irregular faceted and worn section. External diameter 24 - 25mm. Internal diameter 18 - 19mm. Thickness 3 - 4mm. Weight 4.2g. The ring is undecorated, without marks and not neatly finished and is therefore unlikely to have been a finger ring. It is very similar to many recorded examples of 14th - 16th century copper alloy rings possibly used to hang drapes (Egan, 1998, 62 - 4), or possible simple brooches or buckles. However, the degree of wear and lack of diagnostic features makes close dating impossible, although it is likely to be ancient and over 300 years old.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-782F32
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval or post-medieval silver, gilded incomplete mount or badge in the form of a cherubic figure standing over a probable beast, serpent or dragon. The figure's right arm is raised and broken before the elbow, the left arm by its side, possibly reaching for the beast, the head inclined slightly towards the beast, the right leg broken at the knee. The left leg is unclear and may be the head of a horse the figure is riding, or a leg straddling the beast. The mount is very worn and clearly broken around much of the edge, but the details of the figures face and hair can still be s…
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-75584A
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver thimble. Domed crown soldered to angled sides now partly separated, squashed, cracked and missing part of the lower edge. A border around the base is defined by a pair of engraved lines above and below, plain apart from the engraved letters AG. The rest of the sides and crown are covered in closely spaced annulets. On the inside edge there is a stamped indecipherable maker's mark. See Holmes, 1976, 15, fig.6b and d and 19, fig.9 for similar examples. Late 16th - 17th century. Height 23mm. Weight 4.4g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A5EBF2
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver spoon handle, bowl missing. D-sectioned at break, expanding smoothly and becoming flat-sectioned before rounded turned up end. Engraved M•B on the front at the terminal, the first down strokes of both letters filled with angled lines, with stamped marks before the break the only legible one of which is a lion passant with front paw raised. Circa late 17th - 18th century. Weight 3.8g. Surviving length 60mm. Maximum surviving width 10mm.
Created on: Monday 6th July 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A4A4EB
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver button. Undecorated domed front, now dented, flat back with two holes, a separate soldered loop and an illegible stamped mark. Circa 17th century. Diameter 14mm. Height of head at least 5mm. Length of loop 4.5mm. Weight 1.3g.
Created on: Monday 6th July 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A3B8C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval annular brooch, perhaps half surviving, now in two pieces (break occurred at or just after discovery), bent and distorted. Ancient breaks across the constriction for the (missing) pin and across the flat-sectioned frame. Engraved with an outer border of two fine engraved lines with closely spaced angled lines between, with an inner inscription in Lombardic script between two more deeply engraved lines, beginning from the pin constriction with a rectangular quatrefoil S ]?[ O E ∙ [. The second letter falls on the break, and the brooch is bent through the O making …
Created on: Monday 6th July 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-AD874B
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy sheet thimble. Two engraved lines around the rim, the sides and all but the apex of the slightly pointed crown covered in tiny punched dots. Height 14mm, base (slightly squashed) 15 x 12.5mm.
Created on: Friday 12th June 2015
Last updated: Friday 12th June 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-98AA06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver annular brooch. Circular-sectioned frame with four evenly spaced globular brambled bosses around the frame, one of which originally concealed the join in the frame, now slightly distorted and just visible. Cast pin with brambled boss next to loop, the tip recessed on the underside for the frame. Diameter 28.5mm (including bosses), 26.5 excluding bosses. Weight 3.46g. Other similar examples recorded on the PAS database include SF-56F631, BH-457F21 and NMS-8FCB95 (HER32619, Near Swaffham, Norfolk). 13th century.
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C5DCDC
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete post-medieval silver huntsman's whistle. Silver sheet rolled and soldered to form a tube which tapers very slightly from the open, multiply notched foot to the D-shaped mouth-piece with concave, slightly lipped underside, and triangular aperture on the upper face outlined by a faintly engraved line. There are two encircling triple ribbed bands with faint longitudinal engraved lines of varying length pointing towards the centre of the body, and further lines emanating from the rear of the second band towards the foot. On the underside next to the first band are two scars fro…
Created on: Monday 1st June 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-473DC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver annular brooch. Circular frame, circular-sectioned, constricted for the pin. The pin has a transverse ridge decorated with a line of closely spaced stamped annulets next to the loop. The frame is decorated with two strands of twisted silver wire spiralling in opposite directions around the frame. Gilding survives on both the frame and pin. Frame (external) 23 x 19mm, (internal) 17 x 14.5mm. Weight 2.6g. Although annular brooches are a very well-known medieval artefact type, no very close parallel for this type of decoration has been found. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 26th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th May 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-2352A7
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver cuff link button of Lewis (2013) Type A. Circular button with a downturned edge and flange, decorated with a crown above two hearts on a stippled ground. The loop is missing from the reverse. The crowned hearts may refer to the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza in 1662. Diameter 13mm. Weight 0.6g.1662 - circa 1700.
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-22CE27
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Unidentified silver object, possibly a mount, complete but in two refitting pieces. The object is cruciform in shape, comprising a central rectangular panel from which project four animal-heads, forming the arms of the cross. One animal-head has broken off at the neck and is now separate; two are bent inwards at 90 degrees to the central panel, and the fourth is almost straight with a slight inward curve. The reverse of the object is plain and slightly hollowed, and the central plate is slightly convex. The upper surface of the object is decorated in low relief. The …
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1F45C1
Object type: TOOTH PICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver post-medieval tooth pick. Irregular-shaped brambled handle with stub or triangular-sectioned pick at one end and elaborate mouldings at the other before a triple moulded collar and broken circular-sectioned shank, probably originally terminating in an ear scoop. There are scars from the missing suspension loop on one side of the handle. For a very similar, complete example with the handle in the form of a dragon see DENO-E6E8D8. 16th - 17th century. Surviving length 23mm. Weight 2.0g.
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brundall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0E2EB8
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete post-medieval silver, gilded hooked tag. Originally triangular sheet back-plate forming a cusped flange around the edge, with two of originally three plain, hollow domed bosses soldered to the upper face, each encircled by twisted silver wire, and two surviving pellets also encircled with twisted wire. One corner of the plate is missing with a scar from the third boss before the break. On the reverse is a scar from the missing separate soldered attachment loop, and the incomplete remains of a separate soldered hook. The gilding has mostly worn away. For similar examples …
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mulbarton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E5EBC4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver dress fastener eye plate cast in the form of a fan of feathers with an opposed angled lines with curled ends either side of an arrow at the base of the fan. The feathers are alternately plain and cast with a central rib and angled lines. The plate is pierced twice to form attachment holes, with the third attachment loop projecting from the top of the fan and an oval eye projecting from the base. Read (2008) Class A, Type 7, see 175, no.662 for a hooked example depicting feathers. Length 25mm. Width 15m. Thickness 1.5mm.Weight 1.0g. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brigstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E46E61
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval or post-medieval unidentified object. Oval sheet plate broken at either end across bifurcating projections. One face decorated with an oval border consisting of a double line of engraved dots. Surviving length 13mm. Width 7mm. Thickness less than 1mm. Weight 0.2g. Undated, but perhaps 1200 - 1800.
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Narford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E362FA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver developed crossbow brooch of Bayley and Butcher (2004) type T192. The crossbar, axis bar and pin are missing, broken at the end of the highly arched pentagonal-sectioned bow. The bow becomes abruptly circular-sectioned with a collar before the foot-plate, which is straight sided, bevelled on either edge with a single transverse rib and a pair of ribs at the upper end and two pairs of transverse ribs at the lower end. The sides of the sheath catch-plate have broken flush with the reverse of foot, with only the blunt terminal of the catch-plate surviving. The upper …
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grimston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CD7EBE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval or post-medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Plain internally, decorated externally with a central D-sectioned rib with a narrow rib of closely spaced stamped annulets to either side, with an outer groove on each side before raised edges. Gilding survives internally and on the groove and annulet stamped ribs. Gilding does not survive on the central rib except within the stamped decoration and as irregular dots or squares either side of short disconnected stamped dashes at alternating angles, perhaps intended as a disconnected zig-zag with a gilded dot in each angle but i…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Elmham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B81F01
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver hooked tag of probable late Anglo-Saxon date. The plate is circular with two circular perforations at one end, for attachment to clothing by sewing. At the other end is a complete rearward-facing hook, curving back beneath the object and ending in a sharp point. The front of the plate is decorated with a nielloed cruciform motif set within a circular border. The design has been engraved and followed by very fine pecking, created by repeatedly tapping, punching or rocking an engraving tool. The design is slightly worn in places. The back of the plate is plain but he…
Created on: Monday 13th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haveringland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7BA57C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval silver seal matrix. Hexagonally faceted handle with ribbed collar before pierced quatrefoil terminating in a circular suspension loop pierced in the same plane. Circular, stag's head with a cross between the antlers, foliate sprigs and r b in black letter to either side, all within a cabled border. The stag and cross may relate to St Hubert or St Eustace. Diameter 14mm. Height 27mm. Weight 7.7g. Probably late medieval or early post-medieval, 1400 - 1600.
Created on: Friday 10th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mundham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7B0FBE
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver dress fastener eye plate of Read (2008) Class B. Crescent-shaped plate decorated with filigree, consisting of a twisted wire border around an abstract design, probably two flowers with long stamens in a pot. There are very slight traces of possible inlay in at least one of the twisted wire cells forming the design. A single piece of wire is bent to form two attachment loops and the eye and soldered to the reverse. Slight traces of gilding survive. Length 16mm Width 13mm. Weight 0.6g. Broadly similar to NMS-D26CB2 (Wendling, Norfolk, HER42701), LVPL-859AC5 and KENT-3F6696. 1500 …
Created on: Friday 10th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mundham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-79E4FB
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver cufflink button of Lewis (2013) Type A. Circular button with a downturned edge and flange, decorated with a crown above two hearts on a stippled ground, and a separate soldered loop on the reverse. The crowned hearts may refer to the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza in 1662. Diameter 15mm. Weight 0.7g.1662 - circa 1700.
Created on: Friday 10th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-788C89
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of gold sheet from an unidentified object. The sheet is folded forming a front and back-plate the edges of which are torn, except for the lower edge of the back-plate which appears neatly cut, and the straight folded edge. The front-plate is decorated with a row of stamped dots above a row of repoussé pellets parallel with the folded edge, the lower edge possibly torn along a third row of pellets or dots. Surviving dimensions 12 x 7mm. Weight 0.4g. Although ancient (over 300 years old) the decoration would be consistent with a Bronze Age, Roman or Early Medieval date, and…
Created on: Friday 10th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foulsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-664EF6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a medieval silver pin, comprising a polyhedral pinhead and the stub of a collared shaft. The surviving part of the shaft is circular in section with a thicker, circular collar. The pin-head is in the form of a cube with the corners cut off, creating lozengiform and triangular facets. Each facet (except for the base from which the broken shaft projects), is engraved with some traces of niello surviving. The uppermost lozengiform field has a long line projecting inwards from the centre of each edge with a short line to either side creating a cruciform motif with each arm …
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bracon Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-63D2BE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver annular brooch. Cable-decorated (square-sectioned, twisted) frame with a double row of engraved dots or rocker-arm on each face, with a soldered join or very worn constriction for the pin. Sheet pin with brambled ridge next to the attachment loop. The frame is now highly distorted. For a similar example see Egan and Pritchard (2002, fig.163, no.1334). 13th - 14th century. Frame 22 x 9.5mm. Original diameter (estimated) 13mm. Width of frame 2mm. Weight 0.6g.
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-636131
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver annular brooch. Short length of curved, circular-sectioned frame with separate rectangular plate soldered to the upper face in the form of an elaborate quatrefoil consisting of four larger foils alternating with four narrow foils separated by ribs radiating from a central pellet. Not enough survives to estimate the original diameter. Plate 7 x 7mm. Weight 0.5g. Circa 1250 - 1350. For similar examples see NMS-E93677, NMS-AC9E69 and a complete example NMS-D8B8F2. Field FLO15
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flordon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D24D81
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver cufflink of Lewis (2013) Type A. Two circular buttons each with a downturned edge and flange, decorated with a crown above two hearts with two pellets between on a stippled ground within an elaborate quatrefoil border. Separate soldered loops on the reverse are connected by an oval, sub-oval sectioned loop. There is a stamped maker's mark on the loop, now too worn to read. The crowned hearts may refer to the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza in 1662. Diameter of buttons 14mm. Loop 16 x 8mm. Weight 2.16g.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hethersett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D0B0FF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Flat-sectioned circular band, with ten opposed concave scallops on each edge creating ten lozengiform panels each of which is engraved externally with a single black letter or star probably reading in French * e n * b o n * a n which may be translated as 'a good year'. External diameter 18mm. Width of band 5mm. Weight 1.42g. 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haveringland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-934673
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
The 'West Norfolk' hoard of 132 early-medieval gold coins and 4 early-medieval gold objects. One coin (no. 117) was found in 1990 and is not part of Treasure case 2015T231, which covers all the rest of the coins and objects. Coin no. 120 is still missing, and coin no. 67 is listed here out of sequence due to a revised identification. Catalogue of coins [AP]: The numbering follows that in Marsden and Pol 2020, 405-7. A question mark implies a degree of uncertainty. ‘Fineness’ is an approximate percentage of gold in the alloy, established by specific gravity. Minted i…
Created on: Monday 30th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-503FFC
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of silver post-medieval bodkin. Broken across a constriction at one end, below which it is pierced and collared before the rectangular-sectioned shaft with bevelled edges, broken across a rectangular slot. Decorated alike on both faces with transverse line above and below the collar, closely spaced longitudinal lines lengthening towards the centre, two transverse lines, crosshatching, two transverse lines before the slot, with groups of three angled lines to either side of the slot before the break. Surviving length (unbent) 43mm. Width 5mm. Thickness 2.5mm. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-4F5AAD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver post-medieval openwork mount cast in low relief in the form of a five petalled flower with a large central hole, surrounded by five smaller five petalled rosettes connected by tendrils. The centre of each rosette is crosshatched, and each tendril has a short projection on the outer edge probably representing a thorn or leaf. On the reverse are two circular-sectioned integral attachment lugs. The impression of the cuttlefish used to cast the mount is clearly visible over the whole reverse. Both faces are in very crisp condition. Maximum external diameter 23mm. Thickness (e…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-3DC82C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver seal matrix. Octagonal, a standing bird facing right holding a foliate sprig in its beak within a single line border, the faceted reverse tapering smoothly to a break across the narrow stem. Face 13 x 15mm. Surviving height 10.5mm. Weight 4.6g. 17th - early 18th century.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-AA5684
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver, gilded ball-headed pin. Hollow head, the probable join between the upper and lower haves concealed by a median wire rib, decorated above and below with five wire annulets around a central annulet, the upper of which contains a pellet, the lower the springing of the broken, circular-sectioned pin. The head is gilded, with no trace of additional missing pellets. Head height 10mm. Diameter 11mm. Diameter of shank 2.5mm. Weight 2.09g. Circa 16th century.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2AC853
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of post-medieval silver bodkin. Distorted ear-scoop, notched oval piercing, collar, rectangular-sectioned body engraved with foliate design before break across top of rectangular slot. Surviving length 30mm. Body 2.5 x 5mm. Width of scoop 8mm. Weight 2.2g. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swineshead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2A8C26
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Later Anglo-Saxon copper alloy strap-end of Thomas' Class A, Type 1, Trewhiddle style. Very large, slightly convex-sided strap-end with three silver rivets at the split attachment end, a central rectangular panel decorated with silver sheet depicting complex interlaced beasts with at least six heads visible, with further silver sheet over the circular ears and over the forehead of the animal head terminal. The animal head has oval eyes, one of which retains of probable glass pellet, and a short, blunt snout with engraved nostrils. The split end is filled with corrosion and on the reve…
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Pickenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-193AA1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver finger ring. Bezel, in the form of an oval setting within an octagonal, faceted collet, flat on the reverse, with the stubs of the broken hoop on each long edge. The setting is empty and gilding survives over most of the surface including the reverse. Measuring 15 x 12mm (excluding stubs of band), height 5.5mm. Weight 1.8g. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-170DA7
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver cuff-link button. Circular, with a flaming heart pierced by two arrows in low relief reserved on a stippled field, the down-turned flange missing, with a separate loop soldered to the reverse. Diameter 12mm. Weight 0.49g. For a similar example see NMS-1FA1B6. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-DE2864
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver finger ring, broken and flattened but complete. Shallow D-sectioned hoop expanding to form rosettes or a foliate motif in low relief either side of a rectangular bezel on which a heart bisected by two arrows is reserved on a stippled field. The decoration on the shoulders is very worn. Width of bezel 5.25mm. Weight 1.2g. Although no record of a similar finger ring has been found, a heart and arrows on a stippled ground is well paralleled on later 17th century cuff-links, although the heart is usually flaming. Probably late 17th or 18th century. Field BUR
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Monday 28th December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-DB43C1
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Middle or Late Anglo-Saxon silver hooked tag, Read (2008) Class A, Type 2 / Lewis and Naylor (2013) A3.ciii. Octofoil plate with three attachment holes, one in each of the upper three foils, with a short, sharp hook springing from the lower foil. The surface is engraved and inlaid with niello to form a cruciform motif formed from four arches or C-shapes with two connecting transverse lines between each arm, leaving a central cruciform field or cell. Very similar to SF-1EFD68 and 2004T372 (Read, 2008, 17, nos.74 and 75).
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-DAA7DB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Late Anglo-Saxon silver strap-end of Thomas' Class A, Type 1 with Trewhiddle-style decoration. Only the middle section survives, broken across the decorative field at both ends; the attachment end and terminal are both missing. The sides are convex and have a double-ribbed border; the outer rib is decorated with angled transverse grooves while the inner rib is plain. The central field is decorated in low relief with a sinuous, backward-looking beast among looping interlace, one strand of which pierces the beast's body. The creature's body fills the middle of the survivin…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bressingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D9DA56
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of post-medieval silver thimble, perhaps half surviving. Separately soldered top missing, thickened rib around lower edge with a border above which is plain except for at least two engraved letters ]...[ P, broken across the first making it indecipherable. The sides are decorated with a zigzag reserved on a field of punched dots forming a waffle pattern, with a plain border above. The sheet is splitting and broken along the engraved lines defining the zigzag. Surviving height 23mm. Diameter (if half survives undistorted) circa 18mm. Weight 3.0g. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-F13D26
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver lace tag or aglet made from butt-jointed sheet forming a tube and decorated with a repoussé lattice with a pellet in the centre of each lozengiform cell, and two transverse ribs at the upper edge, below which are two empty circular holes. Tapering slightly towards the lower edge which is broken raggedy, and now squashed almost flat. The tag may contain the remains of decayed leather, just visible at one end. Surviving length 19mm. Maximum width 5mm. Weight 0.3g. Very similar to an example from Yorkshire (SWYOR-F7ADA3). Probably 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-E1945C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver annular brooch. Circular-sectioned frame with three rounded 'brambled' bosses, with a scar on the frame indicating the position of a missing fourth. Between the bosses on the upper face, four longer scars indicate separate soldered elements, now missing. The pin, for which there is no constriction, is also missing and the frame now slightly distorted. There are traces of gilding on the frame and bosses. A number of similar examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database including NMS-8FCB95 (HER32619, Near Swaffham), SF-56F631 and BERK-E7E494.…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-E12FA8
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval silver crucifix with integrally cast figure of Christ, possibly a pendant. The lower arm of the cross terminates in a trefoil below a transverse rib, the side arms both broken before the end of Christ's arms, and the upper arm broken flush with the top of the side arms possibly across a perforation. The object is cast and shows Christ with outstretched arms, his head leaning to one side, a knotted loin cloth, and a groove separating the legs. There are traces of gilding the front and possible traces of solder on the reverse. For broadly similar examples see WAW-…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
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Record ID: NMS-E03FD5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Rectangular bezel with median longitudinal arris dividing two concave fields, the arris continuing through the shoulders at an angle, the band narrowing towards the rear. The shoulders either side of the arris are decorated with engraved sprays of five petalled flowers and leaves, the bezel with an indistinct design, perhaps foliate, and the rear of the hoop with closely spaced angled lines imitating twisting. Gilding survives over much of the internal and external surface. The rear of the hoop is now distorted. Height 20mm. Width 22mm. Width of bezel 8mm.…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
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Record ID: NMS-DE742B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Rectangular bezel with a longitudinal median arris dividing the bezel into two concave fields. The hoop, which tapers slightly from the edge of the bezel to the rear, is faceted to form six lozengiform fields with triangular fields to either side. Every field is engraved with a single line border around a design, except for the two triangular fields at the rear of the hoop which are plain. The bezel is engraved with a foliate and floral motif, the two triangular fields at either end of the bezel with radiating lines, the two lozengiform fields on each side…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tacolneston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DDE7CD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver finger ring. Broken, the rear of the hoop missing, swelling smoothly from the narrow, oval-sectioned breaks through the shoulders to form the bezel which is undefined and undecorated except for a slightly flattened centre. The lack of diagnostic features makes dating difficult, but the form would be consistent with Roman finger rings, although a post-medieval date is also possible. Width of hoop 22mm. Width of bezel 7mm. Weight 3.7g. Field JH2
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-DDAFA3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver finger ring of Henig Type II. D-sectioned hoop expanding smoothly from the rear through the shoulders and around an empty oval setting to form the bezel. The bezel is slightly flattened. Part of one side of the bezel and setting is missing. Width of bezel 9mm. Height of hoop 18.5mm. Width of hoop 23mm. Weight 5.9g. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roudham and Larling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DC362C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of silver Roman finger ring in the form of a stylised snakes head, broken at the narrow circular-sectioned neck. The head is oval, flat on the reverse, convex on the upper face, with ribs and pellets indicating details, now very abstract. Possibly Johns (1996) Type B iv. Surviving length 14mm. Width 8.5mm. Thickness 3.5mm. Weight 1.0g. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-DBC159
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman silver finger ring of Henig type II. D-sectioned, oval hoop expanding smoothly from the narrow reverse through the shoulders and around an empty oval setting to form the bezel. The rear of the hoop is slightly distorted and a small section of the edge of the setting is missing. Width of bezel 9.5mm. Height of hoop 18mm. Width of hoop 23mm. Weight 4.4g. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-CD0349
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Narrow D-sectioned band with a bezel formed from a large rectangular collet (longest edge transverse to the band) with sloping sides holding a clear glass or crystal cabochon stone. The bezel is separated from the hoop by a narrow rib (less than 1mm wide) extending beyond the band on either side. The band and collet are gilded, but the metal behind the stone is silver. The ring is complete except for a small section of one edge of the collect, and only slightly distorted. Bezel 15 x 12mm. Thickness 5.5mm. External width of hoop 24mm. Width of band …
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-CC589F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring, now distorted. The front half of the band is decorated with three square bosses each with a quatrefoil reserved on a field of niello and separated from each other by concave sections with four deep longitudinal grooves, with three grooves on each shoulder converging before the flat-sectioned, narrowed rear of the band. For broadly similar rings see NMS-EFD014, WILT-EBD251 and WAW-796003. Circa 1100 - 1300. Maximum width 5mm. Original external diameter circa 20mm. Weight 2.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-CBDF6C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally in italic script In thy sight is my delight followed by a stamped maker's mark consisting of a low relief M within a square punch. External diameter 20mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Width of band 3mm.Weight 1.6g. 1615 - 19th century. Seventeenth to 18th examples with similar inscriptions are represented in the collections of the British Museum (museum numbers AF.1301, AF.1302) but neither with the same maker's mark, while examples with M as a maker's mark but different inscriptions include AF.1280,…
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-CAD201
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified medieval silver object, perhaps part of a reliquary pendant. Sub-oval sheet, pointed at one end and rounded at the other forming a teardrop-shape. On one face within a narrow plain border the letters Ihc in black letter are reserved on a crosshatched ground. The letters are those of the sacred trigram, representing the name of Jesus, and probably relate to the Cult of the Holy Name of Jesus, which was popular in the 15th and early 16th century. On the reverse are possible traces of solder and a scar from a missing diagonally placed element. 15th - 16th century. Measu…
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sculthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C9BD37
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded mount. Disc, with a crowned Lombardic T in low relief on a crosshatched ground with a separate ring soldered around the edge of the upper face forming a border consisting of an internal rib and two thin external ribs either side of a deep groove containing evenly spaced pellets. There are traces of solder over the reverse and outer edge. Part of the disc and border are broken and missing. Circa 1500 - 1550. Diameter 24mm. Thickness 2.8mm. Thickness of disc (without border) 1mm. Weight 4.8g. The solder covering the reverse shows the mount was attached to a…
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A13EDD
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Saxon gold C-bracteate. The repoussé decoration depicts a highly stylised horse and over-large bearded male head in profile facing right with four pellets below his triangular nose, a round eye with two lines indicating the lower eyelid and a hairstyle ending with a round coil and tail at the back and a triangle with a spiral in the front. The horse has a triangular ear, gaping mouth and small eye. Between the broad neck and the lower trunk are two dots. Above the large round hip and tail are two further dots. One short hindleg ends in a broad foot. The front legs are detached …
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lessingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F8458C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of a Middle Anglo-Saxon silver pin, comprising a polyhedral pinhead and stub of the shaft. The surviving part of the shaft is circular in section. The pin-head is in the form of a cube with the corners cut off, creating lozengiform and triangular facets. Each facet (except for the base from which the broken shaft projects), is deeply engraved with a single-line border, with additional engraved decoration within this border on some facets. The engraved lines are mostly empty, but some traces of niello survive. The uppermost lozengiform field has a short line pr…
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-922FB7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval silver finger ring. Rectangular bezel with a diagonally set cross-crosslets filled with niello and a tiny tear-drop shaped blind hole in each of the central internal angles. At the edge on each side of the bezel there are two short indentations or dashes. The oval-sectioned broken hoop survives on one side only with multiple transverse cracks resulting from bending, and a longitudinal internal groove probably the result of hammering the edges. There is no visible decoration on the hoop. Bezel 6 x 6mm, 1mm thick. Weight 1.2g. For similar rings see SUSS-45C5F1, …
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2020
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