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Description: | Interesting roughly square object of lead, some 39-40mm square and about 7mm thick, cast in a square shape but with the corner hammered down and out to form slight extensions or expansions. The underside is that left raw in the casting: the cast side shows curious semi-relief ornament, possibly intentional or perhaps accidental, consisting of two pellet-like features at two opposed corners, with straight raised lines running parallel to three of the sides, and a scramble of raised forms between. None of these make very much sense, although they are clearly derived from whatever form or mould the lead was cast into. If they have an ornamental, graphic or symbolic meaning, it is most unclear.
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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