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Description: | A lead unidentified object of uncertain date. Overall, the fragment measures c.65mm long and c.35mm wide. It weighs 36.57g. The object may be part of a larger object. There is evidence of a break at one end. The intact end is in the shape of a wide rough disc, which makes up approximately a third of the total length of the fragment. The remaining two thirds are formed by a long shaft that tapers in width from c.15mm at the edge of the disc-shaped terminal to c.10mm at its other end. The object is rectangular in cross-section. The obverse of the narrow end is set back from the rest of the object. This appears to have been intentional rather than the result of a break. Perhaps this end of the object was supposed to be fitted into a slot in a larger object. The obverse has moulded decoration, consisting of a stylised human face on the disc-shaped terminal and a pattern of dots and diagonal lines on the shaft. The reverse is undecorated.The recorded suspects that this could be part of a child's lead toy, similar to NCL-49FDC1, and therefore of possible post-medieval date. However, no direct parallels have been identified and the decorative pattern on the obverse of the shaft is very similar to the decoration of a Roman object in Crummy (p170. Fig 207 no.4709).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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