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WEIGHT
Unique ID: YORYM-5FCC17
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast lead weight with decorated and gilt copper alloy fragment embedded in the lead. The object comprises a sub-rectangular lead base, sub-rectangular in section. The face has a piece of carved and gilded copper alloy embedded in it; this piece appears to have been both shaped and cut, though the egdes are largely enveloped by the lead. The decoration comprises asymmetric scrollwork; it does not appear to be zoomorphic in nature but rather non-figurative, intricate pointed knots. These have been carved, leaving raised lines, with the whole of the copper alloy face being gilt. A light tap on the central face of the object gives the impression of a hollow behind the embedded plate. The weight probably dates to the Early Medieval period, from which similarly embedded, though usually smaller, weights are known.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Irish style
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 1066
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.74 mm
Width: 32.12 mm
Thickness: 9.02 mm
Weight: 97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 14th September 2007 - Monday 17th September 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: North Stainley with Sleningford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE2876
Four figure Latitude: 54.179024
Four figure longitude: -1.572508
1:25K map: SE2876
1:10K map: SE27NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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