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Description: | Two cast lead or lead alloy human faces. They are oval and sub-oval in plan with rounded edges. The reverse is flat, the front is domed with simplistic features. The eyes are oval with a pellet in the centre, the nose is a rectangular ridge and the mouth is moulded. One face is more defined than the other. The surfaces of the objects have a matte grey surface. One object weighs 15.7g and measures 26.45mm long, 17.15mm wide and 7.11mm thick. The second object weighs 13.4g and measures 25.77mm long, 16.91mm wide and 5.99mm thick.The purpose of the faces are uncertain. Similar, but larger lead faces on the database (HESH-513062 and SOMDOR-B02DB3) are described as weights, but no parallels are known for this. The condition of the recorded examples suggest a Post Medieval or Modern date.
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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