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Description: | Standing lead weight with flattened perforated top. The base is circular, 14 mm in diameter, and has a central depression 5 mm in diameter and 18.5 mm deep. The weight is cylindrical for about half its length, and then tapers and flattens to 8 x 4 mm. Here it has a 3 mm diameter circular perforation. Although this weight could have been hung from a steelyard (giving a variable weight) it could also have been used on its own; it wouldn't have been in a trader's interest to use it, though, as even today it is just over weight at 29.29g (1.01 oz).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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