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Description: | Conical steelyard weight, made from lead with a lump of iron corrosion protruding from the centre of the flat base. The base is circular, 18 mm in diameter, and the cone is 18 mm long. The sides are very slightly concave, giving the weight an elegant outline. The total length with the surviving iron is 21.5 mm. It weighs 20.96g (0.74 oz). Conventionally this weight would be tentatively dated to the Roman period, but its findspot around Orford, a medieval town which produces very few Roman stray finds, suggests instead a medieval date; it has been suggested that it may be even more recent.
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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