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Description: | LeadPossible Game Piece. Cast plano-convex or conical object, possibly with three or more cast ribs and a basal dimple. The object is distorted or melted, particularly on one side. The conical form is associated with Viking Age playing pieces thought to have been used for Hnafetafl, a board game of entrapment. Small weights of this form are also found in Early Medieval contexts, as from Flixborough where the possibility of their use as playing pieces is recognised (Wastling, in Evans and Loveluck 2009, pages 422-4, nos 3280 and 3281). Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1050.Diameter: circa 17.7mm, Height: 14.9mm, Weight: 15.34gms.
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