Record ID: HAMP1016 - ROMAN steelyard weight

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STEELYARD WEIGHT

Unique ID: HAMP1016

Object type certainty: Certain

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Cast lead steel-yard weight. Bi-conical with rounded ends. Iron shank extends through weight and small loop at top is intact, though corroded. Surfaces scratched. 'R' incised upside-down near loop.

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Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Length: 51.5 mm
Weight: 462 g
Diameter: 45 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

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

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Winchester
To be known as: HAMPSHIRE DROXFORD

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Sally Worrell - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Sally Worrell - [view all attributed records]

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