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STEELYARD WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-427224
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead steelyard weight. A cast ovoid weight with a central moulded aperture of diameter 7.3mm. Dented and abraded, patinated overall. This would appear to be a Roman weight from which the iron suspension loop was withdrawn leaving no trace of its presence, so before the object was deposited. The mass is uncertain, though considerably exceeding the 500gm limit of scales available to this reporter. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.
Length: 60.3mm, Diameter: 47.7mm
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 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60.3 mm
Diameter: 47.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37982
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Fordington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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