File:Lead sling shot, probably dating from the 1st century AD (FindID 978932).jpg

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Lead sling shot, probably dating from the 1st century AD
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Durham County Council, Sara Gibson, 2020-02-11 12:06:58
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Lead sling shot, probably dating from the 1st century AD
Description
English: A Roman lead sling shot, probably dating from the 1st century AD. It is a Greep (1987) Type 1 style sling shot after the examples found at Windridge Farm, St Albans. 

The artefact is biconical, tapering to a sharp point at one end and a rounded point at the other. The sling shot measure 38.70mm in length, 16.65mm in diameter and weighs 58.9g.

There are several similar objects recorded on this database at, for example, BH-27A5B4, LANCUM-44D7EC and LANCUM-1E0B3E.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 43 and 100
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 978932
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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/1091899
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1091899/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/978932
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Object location54° 13′ 42.6″ N, 1° 31′ 07.07″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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