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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy cup weight box lid of medieval date (AD 1500 - AD 1700).The lid is flat and circular, and is decorated on the outer surface with three pairs incised concentric circles around a single, small central circle. The reverse of the lid is undecorated and slightly concave. One complete circular hinge loop projects from the right side of the lid and is angled downwards, the other hinge is incomplete.The object measures 36.4 mm in diameter (including hinges) and 31.6 mm (excluding hinges), it is 3.1 mm thick and weighs 16.5 g. It is mid brown in colour and has an even surface patina.Weight boxes such as the type this lid would have been attached to, held a set of nested cup weights of differing sizes and weights which were used to weigh small quantities of precious materials such as gold and silver. Examples (with references) can be seen at IOW-D1CE76, YORYM-0B5244 and NMS-75C815.
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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