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Description: | A lead alloy impacted musket ball of Post Medieval date about AD 1600 - 1700. It is sub-hemispherical with flattened and expanded face. About a third of the ball is still in a hemisphere, the rest has been flattened and impacted against a hard flat rough surface at high velocity. The impacted face is oval and has wavy edges. It is smooth and slightly concave, with striations across it (compare Harding, plate 25). The ball has a well developed cream patina. The weight suggests it was for use in a carbine (Harding 2012, Lead Shot of the English Civil War, page 31) though it may have lost mass in the impact process. 30.09mm long, 22.35mm wide and 8.98mmt hick. Original diameter estimated at about 19mm. 18.7g.
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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