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GAMING PIECE
Unique ID: NLM39
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast lead object in a form suggestive of a bar of metal folded to form a block. Base flat.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. amended from NLPS 0039 to NLPS0039.
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Viking style
Date from: AD 877
Date to: AD 1066
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.5 mm
Width: 17 mm
Weight: 12.64 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 29th September 1997
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLPS0038
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: WEST LINDSEY
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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