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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy weight box of Medieval date. It is missing its lid and the nested set of cup-weights that would have been placed inside it due to old breaks. The box is cup-shaped in form, circular in plan and flares slightly towards the rim. At one side of the rim is an integrally cast double semi-circular lug that is pierced and contains the corroded remains of a flat, rectangular lug that would have been integrally cast with the lid, enabling it to hinge. On the opposite side of the rim is a second pierced double lug that would have served as a catch to close the box. The entire object is undecorated but has single circular indentations at the centre of the floor on both interior and exterior surfaces, probably resultant from manufacture. It measures 50.57mm in length (including lugs), 34.43mm in diameter, 15.62mm in height, 2.21mm in thickness, and weighs 41.29g.This is an incomplete copper-alloy box that would originally have held a nested set of copper-alloy cup-weights. A similar, although more decorative example is published from Salisbury (Algar and Egan, 2001: no. 28), as well as examples recorded through the PAS database (e.g. YOYRM-0B5244, IOW-D1CE76 or WMID-683EC2). These suggest a Medieval date for the current object, probably c.1250-1500 AD.
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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