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Description: | A rolled strip of lead of uncertain date. The object is made from a single rectangular piece of metal which has been rolled into a tube form and appears undecorated.The object is 34.8mm long, 10.9mm in diameter and weighs 21.9g.During the Roman period production of curse tablets consisting of written curses on small sheets of lead which were then rolled and offered to the gods was a common practice. As stray finds, out of context and still rolled up it is difficult to say whether such rolled lead sheets are Roman curse tablets or just pieces of waste lead from some sort of manufacture. The use of such objects as weights has also been posited.
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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