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Description: | Conical lead weight, probably from a steelyard. The base is roughly circular, and convex measuring 27.5mm in diameter. The top is roughly cone shaped with convex sides tapering to a rounded end about 28.2mm above the base. At the top are the corroded remains of two iron spikes, probably once a loop. Weights of this type, but biconical, are Roman in date, and were suspended from steelyards. This similar weight would have been suspended from a steelyard and is probably also Roman, but a later date cannot be ruled out. It weighs 112g.
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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