Record ID: NMGW128 - ROMAN weight

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Unique ID: NMGW128

Object type certainty: Certain

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Undecorated, perforated, cylindrical lead, or lead alloy, weight. The perforation is off-centre and slightly tapered. Diameter of weight 19-20mm, thickness 7.5-9mm, internal diameter of perforation 8-9mm, weight 16.9 grams.

Notes:

The function of lead weights such as these is not certain. Conventionally, they are identified as spindle whorls and certainly they would have performed such a function; however, they have also been variously identified as unofficial weights used by traders or weights for other purposes such as weighing down rabbiting, bird or fishing nets or even wall hangings (Margeson 1993, 139; Bailey 1995, 29). Crudely cast lead weights like this example are difficult to date. Excavated examples from Wales range in date from the medieval period until the nineteenth century, although the possibility of an earlier date can not be dismissed.

Class: Lead weight
Sub class: Perforated cylinderical lead weight

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 43

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 16.9 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Wales
County: Newport
District: Newport
To be known as: Caerleon area, South Wales

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Unknown [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Philip MacDonald - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Philip MacDonald - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA:99.20.151

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