Rights Holder: York Museums Trust
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Unique ID: YORYM-ECD8E6
Object type certainty: Certain
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Cast lead object possibly used as a palm guard. The guard is 'D' shaped and the shorter side is indented slightly to allow the object to fit into the palm of a hand. One face is rounded for a similar purpose and the other is flattened presumably to aid use. The object may have been used to protect the palm from the force of using awls and punches in an industry such as leatherworking. There are circular marks on the rounded surface presumably the result of casting. The metal is mid greyish-brown and fairly corroded.
Class: palm guard
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Quantity: 1
Length: 86.7 mm
Width: 61.9 mm
Thickness: 7.1 mm
Weight: 215 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2009
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Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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