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Description: | Cast lead weight, probably of Viking date. The object has been cast in one piece and takes the form of a flattened sphere. One flat face has a shallow circular depression, whilst the other is damaged and it is impossible to tell whether there is deliberate markings (though it also seems to have a depression). The object is 13.92mm high, 20.82mm in diameter and weighs 33.67g. It is abraded and is mid grey in colour. A similar weight has been reported from Hertfordshire as BH-C5E266. Here Kevin Leahy postulates the Viking period date as the object is similar to approximately 150 weights found in excavations at the Viking trading port at Birka, Sweden.
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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