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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SF-F674DE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete lead steelyard weight of probable Roman date. It is missing the majority of the suspension loop due to old breaks, now worn.
It is biconical in form with a pointed base. The remains of the iron suspension loop is visible at both top and bottom of the weight.
This weight measures 29.04mm in length, 22.60mm in diameter, 47.55g in weight
This is a steelyard weight of probable Roman date, although a later date cannot be ruled out entirely. There is a similar example from Colchester (Crummy, 1983, p. 101, no. 2510) and recorded on the PAS database (SF-62C5A7).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.04 mm
Weight: 47.55 g
Diameter: 22.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Ousden
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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