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Medieval cast lead alloy decorated biconical weight, either a spindle whorl or fishing weight
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Alex Whitlock, 2013-06-04 18:23:05
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Medieval cast lead alloy decorated biconical weight, either a spindle whorl or fishing weight
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English: Medieval cast lead alloy, or lead, decorated biconical weight dating 11th to 15th century AD. Probably used as either a spindle whorl or fishing weight.

The diameter is 22mm, the thickness 12mm, and the weight is 22.43g. The diameter of the central hole is 6mm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 1000 and 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 562354
Old ref: LANCUM-5DB7E1
Filename: 2243.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/428705
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/428705/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/562354
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