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Description: | A complete cast egg-shaped lead weight, with a central perforation (4.1mm in diameter), from one end to the other. It has another larger perforation, (5.8mm diameter) ,around the mid-point of its height,which links with the central perforation. The weight measures height 46.0mm, diameter 35.6mm, and weighs 311.2g (10.98 oz). It is in fair condition.Similar weights can be seen on the PAS Database at NARC-0A3594, YORYM-C02DC6, YORYM-B62DB2, SF-5A1D15 and DENO-830586. They are in general very hard to date, but are most likely to be medieval or post-medieval, c. 1200-c. 1750 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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