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Unique ID: WAW-CC4127
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast lead steelyard weight. In profile the weight is a sub-drop shape, which is circular in section. The upper apex of the weight has iron protruding; originally this would have formed a loop. The surface of the weight has a dark cream coloured patina. The weight weighs 854g which is almost 2 lbs. It measures 55.04mm long, and 55.41mm in diameter.
The weight is likely to be Romano-British, dating to mid 1st to mid third century. Barford, Blockley and Day (1984 'A Romano-British Steelyard From Marshfield, Avon'.) illustrate a similar weight dating to the Roman period, as does Allason-Jones and Miket (1984 Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort Gloucester), Nos. 8.46 and 8.47.
Class: Steelyard
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.04 mm
Weight: 854 g
Diameter: 55.41 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 5th April 2010 - Monday 7th June 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: North Claines (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8559
Four figure Latitude: 52.22899257
Four figure longitude: -2.221033
1:25K map: SO8559
1:10K map: SO85NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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