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Description: | Conical lead weight, probably from a steelyard. The base is roughly circular, 31 mm in diameter, and has been hammered to produce facets, in the process making the base slightly concave. The weight tapers neatly to a point about 28 mm above the base; it then has the corroded remains of an iron loop which increases the height to 33 mm. Weights of this type, but biconical, are Roman in date, and were suspended from steelyards. It seems likely that similar weights of other shapes are also Roman. It weighs 118g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 450 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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