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Description: | Cast lead cube found on the site of a hoard dating to the 9th or 10th century AD that is diagnostically of Viking manufacture and/or shows typically Viking secondary treatment in the form of hacking into pieces for use as bullion, or test marks to establish the quality of the silver. This cube could possibly a weight or gaming piece of the same period. There are fourteen-sided polyhedron weights in this period such as SWYOR-A5AC26 of similar size, effectively a cube with the corners cut off. But this object, although irregular, does not appear to have cut sides and is also somewhat heavier. These weights also usually have ring and dot decoration but this object appears to be undecorated but the decoration could have worn away. There are also square weights in this period with metal work inserted such as LANCUM-107126 and there is possibly an insertion on one of the faces of a different type of metal but it is impossible to say what this might be although it could be a pin similar to SWYOR-4F2B32. Also this cubed weight is considerably smaller than these types of weight. This object could be associated with the hoard and be of a similar period but it this cannot be stated definitively. The length is 12mm, the width is 12mm thickness 12mm and the weight 9.57g.
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