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Description: | A cast lead-alloy Medieval trade weight, c. 1100-1500.The object is pyramidal in shape, with exaggerated height relative to the size of the rectangular base. Each face bears a vertical central incised line, with approximately 10 notches made in the corner-joins of each face. The apex of the weight has larger grooves in the centre of each face, giving the appearance of four tall crenellations at the top of the piece. Between each of these crenellations is a circular perforation, one set slightly higher through the object than the other perforation. These perforations would have allowed the weight to be suspended. The surface has a dark grey colour.While the most likely function of this object is as a trade weight, it could alternatively have been used as a gaming piece. Similar objects have been found from late Early Medieval and Medieval contexts, which have been interpreted as gaming counters. The unusual and deliberate decoration on this item adds some weight to the suggestion that it may be a gaming piece.See also DENO-9D0037.Refs: Biggs and Withers 'Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection', pages 30-33, has examples of standing weights and pieces which may be interpreted as gaming pieces. See especially artefacts 70, 71 and 84. Also Biggs 'English Weights', pages 40 & 41, shows more medieval standing weights
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