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LEAD TABLET

Unique ID: LIN-5806B6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Rectangular lead panel. The panel is very worn and incomplete and has three folds in it creating four smaller panels. This lead panel was discovered wrapped around a single blank lead sheet.

Notes:

This object was discovered in the same place as two further lead sheets containing impressions of official Roman coins, interpreted as being lead curse tablets against the Emperor Valens. The sheets are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Schemes database as LIN-57B091 and LIN-57F021.

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 364
Date to: Circa AD 378

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 77 mm
Width: 36 mm
Thickness: 2 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 30th January 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Fulstow (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF3496
Four figure Latitude: 53.44374
Four figure longitude: 0.01605
1:25K map: TF3496
1:10K map: TF39NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Workflow: Awaiting validation

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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