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Description: | Lead weight. Cast trapezoid weight of lightly bevelled rectangular section with a longitudinally drilled hole of diameter 3mm. Patinated overall. The mass may suggest this to represent one quarter of a mercantile pound, a measure comprising 16 ounces each of 29.2gms. This system was current from before 1300, and round weights of this mass were common in later 14th-century deposits excavated in London (Egan1998, tables 14 and 15). The drilled hole may signal a change of use, perhaps to weight a fishing line or for some other purpose. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1400.Length: 42.6mm, Width: 26.5mm, Thickness: 14.9mm, Weight: 118.98gms.
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