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Description: | A cast lead weight of uncertain date, but probably Medieval or post-Medieval, AD 1200 - 1800. It is flat and cast in the shape of a fish. The body is a pointed oval, tapering towards one end before flaring slightly to form the tail. In the centre of the tail is a shallow, transverse notch and in the forward end of the body is a circular perforation representing the eye. There is no decoration and no indication that there was ever a suspension loop of any kind. Two notches are recent damage. The weight is 66.7mm long, 22.5mm wide and 7.7mm thick. It weighs 76.5gm (2.75oz)A small number of fish shaped weights can be found on the database though none is an exact parallel for this weight. See for example records YORYM-BFD301 and LVPL-244DEA. It is possibly that this weight was used for weighting a fishing line and it could be more recent in date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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