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WEIGHT
Unique ID: DENO-A4E4C6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Weight; handmade lead suspension weight of uncertain date. The weight is very obviously hand-made as it is a rough and uneven shape, approximately spherical but with some corners. It has two little nubs of iron on one side, which suggest that it originally had an iron suspension loop. An object such as this could be made 'ad hoc' by anyone as they found a need for it and it is therefore very difficult to suggest a date for its manufacture.
Height 38.91mm, width 36.39mm, thickness 33.49mm, weight 227.4g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Date from: Exactly AD 43
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 38.91 mm
Width: 36.39 mm
Thickness: 33.49 mm
Weight: 227.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009 - Saturday 18th April 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E6601
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Hockerwood Field
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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