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Description: | A very large lead object, which could be a weight. The weight is roughly triangular with well rounded corners. The weight is 117.17 mm long and tapers from a width of 34mm to 10.56mm at the tip. It is approximately 13mm thick.
The front surface of the weight is rounded, the reverse is flat. There is a hole drilled through the lead, close to the tip, the hole is 3.89mm in diameter.
The faces are both irregular as the weight has been crudely made.
The weight is undecorated.
The surface has been badly scratched and scuffed possibly by the plough.
A typology of lead weights has not yet been developed, so these weighs are not yet completely understood. Due to a lack of excavated examples these weights must remain undated. The weight appears to be complete. The lead is a light whitish-grey colour. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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