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Description: | Lead probable musket balls. Thirteen balls, most with mould lines and stubs of casting sprue or scars from removal from sprue. These examples do not bear evidence for having been fired, and may represent loss of a group, perhaps in a barrel, and in this context from a ship. Their mass, typically a little under one ounce, may suggest they were for use with a carbine, heavy pistol or light musket: smoothbore muzzle loading firearms of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.a) Diameter: 15.8mm, Weight: 23.70gms (patinated overall)b) Diameter: 16.7mm, Weight: 26.01gmsc) Diameter: 17.3mm, Weight: 24.84gmsd) Diameter: 17.2mm, Weight: 24.25gms (pair of dents - ?removal from sprue)e) Diameter: 17.0mm, Weight: 24.12gmsf) Diameter: 17.3mm, Weight: 24.41gmsg) Diameter: 17.1mm, Weight: 25.20gmsh) Diameter: 17.8mm, Weight: 26.27gmsi) Diameter: 17.0mm, Weight: 24.59gmsj) Diameter: 17.1mm, Weight: 25.37gmsk) Diameter: 17.0mm, Weight: 24.63gmsl) Diameter: 16.2mm, Weight: 23.89gmsm) Diameter: 16.5mm, Weight: 25.13gms (very fresh condition)Combined Weight: c.325gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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