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STEELYARD WEIGHT
Unique ID: LIN-B27D37
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A lead-alloy Roman steelyard weight. The weight is bi-conical, solid and has an incomplete iron loop cast through the centre.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Weight: 89.95 g
Diameter: 28 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Silk Willoughby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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