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Description: | A possible Roman lead curse tablet (AD 43-410). The rolled strip has been deliberately rolled round twice. There are the start of two fine lines round one end and the lines continue under rolled edge. Although this object has been classified as a curse tablet, it is possibly more modern and may have performed an entirely different function, perhaps such as a weight, ingot or waste.The surface colour is grey with some buff patina.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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