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Description: | Lead musket ball. Cast ball, with flattened circumferential belt from set up and some vertical striation from gas erosion, and other slight abrasions; patinated. The mass, at over an ounce, suggests this to be for use in a smoothbore muzzle loading firearm of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.Diameter (at belt): 16.7mm, Length: 17.3mm, Weight: 29.57gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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