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Description: | LeadLine Weight. Fragment of cast sheet rolled into a crude conical shape leaving a central aperture with a diameter (at the top) of circa 4mm; below the hole is a lentoid slot. Patinated overall, and slightly squashed.The technique of rolling sheet lead to make tubular net weights was used from the Early Medieval period, while small cast conical weights with a central aperture to thread a fishing line through are ascribed to the Medieval period. This interesting example combines the characteristics of the two classes, adapting the technology associated with net fishing to the use of rod and line. Suggested date: Early Medieval to Medieval, 800-1200.Height: 13.7mm, Width: 19.6mm, Thickness of sheet: 4.5mm, Weight (with trapped soil): 13.34gms.
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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