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Description: | Cast lead weight, trapezoidal in plan and in profile with a rectangular base that has two recesses in it so that the weight is not free-standing, but may have been originally. Towards the upper apex of the weight is a central circular aperture that is 4 mm in diameter which would have been used to suspend the weight. The weight weighs 45.1 grams which equates to 1.6 ounces averdepois / avoirdupois or a tenth of an averdepois / avoirdupois pound, which is 16 ounces.Egan (2005) illustrates similar weights on page 164, fig.161, nos.846 & 850, which are dated from c.1530-1570 and c.1630-1650.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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