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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-973C42
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead hemispherical weight. Cast plano-convex weight with longitudinal perforation, tapering from 7mm diameter on the flat base to 3.5mm diameter at the apex. This may have been intended for attachment of a suspension loop. Of two hemispherical weights from Early Medieval Flixborough, one is unperforated but the other is of similar diameter to this example and is equipped with an iron loop; it comes from a context of supposedly Viking-Age date though with residual material present - careful review (by Ian Riddler) has cast doubt on the likelihood of an Anglo-Scandinavian phase at Flixborough, which could leave comparanda from that site as Middle Saxon or intrusive. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval: 43-1700.
Diameter: 31mm, Height: 22.71mm, Weight: 101.52gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 22.71 mm
Weight: 101.52 g
Diameter: 31 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM14422
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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