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Description: | A complete, Roman - Georgian, cast, lead alloy, unofficial, handmade, probable 'net' weight probably used by country folk or poachers to catch rabbits or birds. Ovoidal or rugby ball shape with central hole. There is an irregular slightly pitted matt, pale grey surface with a number of indentations probably made by being struck by agriculatural machinery. There is one distictive spiral or diagonal grove across one side. This object is of uncertain date. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, greenlight Publishing 1992, page 52-55, Detector Finds 2, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1993 page 29-34 No. 58-63 and Detector Finds 7, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2011, page 109-125. The weight is 21.55mm long, 15.47mm wide, 14.97mm thick, diameter 15.47mm and weighs 20.7g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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