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Description: | Fragment of a cast lead alloy object of Medieval date (AD 1300 ? AD 1500). Length 40.5mm, diameter 8mm. Weight 8.92g. The slightly curved object is tubular in cross-section with walls that are about 1.0mm thick. At one end is a tubular terminal with a closed end. It is about 7mm in length and is roughly oval in cross-section. The terminal is slightly smaller in diameter than the main part. At the other end is an old jagged break. On the underside of the object is a T-shaped slot, the head of the T being nearest to the terminal. This slot is about 3mm in width. Within the end of the slot closest to the old break is a deposit of iron corrosion. Along the top of the object is a casting seam that extends along the full length, including the terminal feature. At each side of the main part of the tube is a rectangular panel, about 21mm in length and 2.5mm in depth. Each panel contains a row of eight small crosses (cross pattee) which are barely visible due to corrosion. The remaining part of the object is decorated with cross-hatched waffle-work. Although partially corroded, the object is in fair condition and has been cleaned by the finder. | 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: | 1300
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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