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Description: | : LeadWeight or Playing Piece. A cast square flat-bottomed pyramidal object with raised ribs along each aris, meeting at the top. A range of comparable items are presented by Biggs and Withers (2000, nos. 81-84) as either standing weights or playing pieces for board games such as Hnafetafl. The top is dented. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1100.Height: 17.85mm, Width: 13.71mm, Thickness: 13.68mm, Weight: 19.48gms.
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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