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Description: | Cast copper alloy lead weight. The weight is conical. It is 25.68mm high, 15.4mm in diameter at the broad end and weighs 26.71g. The broad end is slightly concave and has a central circular perforation, which seems to run for the length of the object. The apex of the weight does not have any signs of an additional or integral suspension loop. The lead is creamy white in colour. Similar weights have been recorded with the PAS, notably LEIC-D7D5C7, which has the same circular perforation and lack of iron suspension loop. It is most likely, as with that example, that this weight was used as a plumb bob line, possibly on a Roman groma used for surveying, which used a number of weights, pointed end down. This would seem plausible given that the perforation, possibly used for an additional suspension loop, is at the broad end.
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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