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Description: | Globular oval lead weight, 17 mm in diameter and 26 mm long, with a central circular perforation c. 5 mm in diameter. This shape is often called 'barrel-shaped'; the weight may be for fishing, or simply holding something down. The perforation is full of very hard soil so the weight (38.4g) is not very relevant. Assigning a date and function to simple weights such as this one is not easy, but lead weights do seem to have been most common in the medieval and post-medieval periods.
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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