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Description: | Six post medieval cast lead musket balls (see image - numbered left to right, top to bottom):
1. Partial casting line, filed sprue, impacted (one flat surface), cream patina, some grey metal showing. Diameter 14.00mm, weight 14.67g.
2. Casting line, hemispheres slightly offset, two opposed dimples, thick cream patina. Diameter 13.7mm, weight 13.12g.
3. Sides flat, convex ends, impacted (one flattened surface), thick cream patina. Length 13.6mm, diameter 13.0mm, weight 13.16g.
4. Groove around circumference, not impacted, thick cream patina. Diameter 13.8mm, weight 12.82g.
5. Casting line, sprue filed, thick cream patina. Diameter 13.1mm, weight 12.99g.
6. Sprue filed; thick cream patina. Diameter 10.70mm, weight 6.55g. | 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: | 1550
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rachel Atherton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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