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Cylindrical lead weight
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Derby Museums Trust, Pat Tinkler, 2007-04-03 10:12:24
Title
Cylindrical lead weight
Description
English: Complete lead weight of indeterminate date. The weight is of squat cylindrical form with a 'suspension' loop (now flattened) projecting from the centre one of the ends.

Lead weights, when found outside of an archaeological context, are notoriously difficult to date. It is also rarely possible to assign a specific function to these objects and therefore they are best classified simply as weights. Examples of lead weights from controlled excavations, have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman era through to the Post Medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to the Medieval period.

It is possible that this item is a steelyard weight, which are usually dated to either the Roman or Medieval periods, but the form of the loop is unusual and these are normally formed of a separate iron rod passing through the centre of the lead weight.

Unfortunately no measurements were recorded for this item.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Nottinghamshire
Date between 43 and 1750
Accession number
FindID: 176448
Old ref: DENO-22AE58
Filename: E4572 cylnd weight.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/134747
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/134747/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/176448
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Object location53° 01′ 24.6″ N, 1° 04′ 16.79″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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