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Description: | Lead weight. Cast rectangular weight, made in an open mould, as evidenced by a lipped edge to one larger side. The lower surface, as cast, bears three longitudinal knife cut lines, crossed by a single similar line at their mid point. A further angled cut crosses one corner of the same face. Lightly patinated overall. The mass may suggest this to represent eight units of 4.07gms, a module for the weighing of silver bullion according to a system of weights thought to have been used in Viking-Age Scandinavia. The division of the inscribed face into eight fields by the straight lines may relate to this putative value. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000.Length: 27.9mm, Width: 15.6mm, Thickness: 11.7mm, Weight: 32.28gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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