Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-735931
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast lead object, possibly a gaming piece of later Early-Medieval date. It is pyramidal in form with hollow back face and moulded decoration on the front face. The moulded decoration comprises four evenly spaced vertical ridges that run the length of the object and taper towards the rounded top. It measures 16.18mm in height, 18.31mm in length, 17.48mm in width, and 16.55g in weight.
Similar conical lead objects with hollow back faces and moulded decoration are noted from Suffolk and Cambridgeshire (for example SF-C01997, SF-50B784, SF-6F5256 and SF-6F7361). They are interpreted as possible Viking gaming pieces or small weights and indicate a probable date range in the 9th-11th centuries AD for the current example.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.31 mm
Height: 16.18 mm
Width: 17.48 mm
Weight: 16.55 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2011
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Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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