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Description: | A complete cast lead weight of uncertain date. The weight is conical with a flat base and is sub circular in plan. The weight is likely to have orginally been circular and if this is the case has become deformed through time. The weight has convex sides that taper in width to a rounded apex. The base of the weight is flat. Through the weight is a circular hole measuring 7.18mm in width. The sides of the hole are straight and smooth. The weight is undecorated and covered with pitting and scratch marks. The weight has a cream-grey patination. It measures 25.97mm in diameter at the base and tapers to 11.99mm in diameter at the apex. It is 17.49mm in height and weighs 48.0g (1.7oz).Lead weights, along with spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty. Decorated examples are thought to date to the medieval to post-medieval periods while undecorated examples cannot be securely dated without supporting contextual evidence.Similar examples of weights can be found on this database, e.g. ESS-8D1C85, NLM-2AA136 and NCL-E9C4B1. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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