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Description: | : LeadWeight. Cast discoid weight with off-centre moulded aperture of diameter 4mm; the cooling of metal in the mould has produced a slight rim around the hole on both sides. Patinated overall. This object may have served as a weight for measurement, as its mass is now just over that of two Scandinavian units for the measurement of bullion (of 4.07gms). It may alternatively have served as a line weight for fishing; slight indentations on either side may have arisen from its tied fastening. Despite the object's form, the central aperture is too small to admit a wooden spindle, so this cannot be a whorl. Suggested date: Early Medieval to Medieval, 900-1500.Diameter: 16.4mm, Thickness: 4.9mm, Weight: 8.43gms
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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