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Description: | Cast lead weight or possibly a spindle whorl. The weight is circular with a flat base from which the side slope upwards and inwards to a flat top with an off centre piercing. The weight is 17.8mm in diameter and 6.8mm thick, the central hole is a maximum of 6.5mm in diameter and it weighs 9.71 grams. Such weights were easy to make and had a wide variety of uses, they can date from the Roman to post medieval period. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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