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Description: | A complete lead weight of uncertain date. The object is tubular with a flat top and base and a central perforation running through it and is undecorated.The metal is a mid greyish-white colour and is worn. The object is 7.9mm tall, 12.8mm in diameter and weighs 6.5g. The perforation is 5.8mm in diameter.Lead weights were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty without supporting archaeological context. The function of such objects is also difficult to determine as the forms are common and may have served as spindle whorls or weights used for fishing or goods. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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