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Roman lead steelyard weight
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Northamptonshire County Council, Tom Brindle, 2006-09-13 11:04:36
Title
Roman lead steelyard weight
Description
English: A Roman lead steelyard weight. This weight is biconical, although it is somewhat squat, with a relatively flat base, enabling it to be sat upright. The weight is 50.3 mm wide and 40 mm high and weighs 503g, the equivalent of around 18.4 Roman ounces. Traces of iron from the loop, can be seen protruding from the centre of one dameged end.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northamptonshire
Date between 43 and 410
Accession number
FindID: 142454
Old ref: NARC-7C9A71
Filename: NARC-7C9A71steelyardweight.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/113360
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/113360/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/142454
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Object location52° 11′ 06.36″ N, 0° 58′ 09.91″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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