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Description: | A cast lead weight of uncertain date. The weight is circular and flat with a slightly convex upper face. There is a sub circular hole through the weight that is positioned just off centre. The weight is undecorated and covered with pitting and scratch marks. The weight has a cream-grey patination. It measures 34.22mm in diameter, 3.90mm in thickness and weighs 27.97g.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.
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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