NHER 30947 (Find Spot record) - Roman metalwork and pottery

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Summary

Metal detecting at this location in 1994 retrieved a selection of Roman objects comprising coins, pottery sherds, fragments of toilet articles and a brooch.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF90SW
Civil Parish SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish ASHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

March/April 1994. Metal detecting finds.
Five Roman coins. See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).

Handle from Roman toilet or surgical instrument; 'business' end missing. Horizontal grooves around broken end.
Cup or small spoon end from Roman toilet instrument.
Roman Dolphin type brooch, with hinged pin, 1st century AD, square section bow. Silvered.
Rounded probe end from a Roman toilet instrument. Probably spoon-probe.
Two Roman greyware basal sherds.
Roman cosmetic mortar, end-looped type.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 29 September 1994.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PALETTE (COSMETIC) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SURGICAL INSTRUMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TOILET ARTICLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 7 2011 9:47AM

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