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Description: | A small standing weight made of lead. The weight is a triangular prism shape. The front and back surfaces have a maximum width of 22.9mm, the sides of the prism have a maximum width of 9.9mm. A hole has then been driven through the weight, at the apex of the triangular prism. The hole goes through the weight from front to back, so that it can be suspended. The hole has been crudely made. The weight has no decoration. The base of the weight is flat and measures 22.7mm x 9.7mm. The lead has gone a light greyish-white colour. Several scratches and scars are evident on the surface of the weight, with one large mark on both of the wider flat surfaces near to the base. This weight is possibly medieval, but most probably post-medieval in date. Weight: 46g (1.7oz). A very similar weight can be seen in Biggs and Withers, 2000, p31, No: 68. Due to that fact that so few lead weights have been found in archaeological contexts, only a very broad date range can be allocated.
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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