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GAMING PIECE
Unique ID: SF-735931
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
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 actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.31 mm
Height: 16.18 mm
Width: 17.48 mm
Weight: 16.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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