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Description: | A possible lead alloy stylus of Medieval to Post Medieval date. In plan the item is broadly triangular, tapering to a blunt point at one end. The object is square in section and has four faces. There is a grooved cross at the end of the object which may be for decoration or could possibly have been used as a stamp. There is a circular hole towards the wider end of the object, which was preseumably for passing a string through for suspension. Just below the hole are deliberate wedge-shaped nicks at the corner of each adjoining face. The tapering end is damaged and bent to one side; this may be the reason the item was discarded, or possibly this event happened post-deposition. There are no direct parallels for this item at present, and Kevin Leahy suggests the term 'writing lead' rather than stylus as such and suggests a Medieval to Post Medieval date (pers comm November 2014).
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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