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WEIGHT
Unique ID: YORYM-369198
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast lead steelyard weight of Roman date. The weight is an uneven biconical shape with a worn iron suspension loop still in place projecting from one apex.
The weight weighs 0.022Kg.
Notes:
This object has been identified and photographed by the finder with the information being handed to the FLO for recording.
The FLO has not seen this object
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Sancton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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