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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-3D4AB6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead weight. Cast weight of 'cotton reel' form. The object comprises a pair of flattened spheres, of diameters circa 31mm and 32mm, with a narrowed waist of circa 20mm between them. It appears likely this served as a groove to facilitate tied attachment. Patinated overall.
Several similar weights have been recorded in association with Romano-British occupation debris from the East Yorkshire Wolds. Further examples come from Winterton, North Lincolnshire (NLM-A69C93) and Swinhope, Lincolnshire (NLM-E4BD18) where they are also associated with Roman finds. The object may have been intended to move or roll when in use, and in this it is not dissimilar to a crudely made sash weight. The mass of the object does not relate to metrical systems familiar to this reporter, so some other function may be indicated. Suggested date: Probably Roman, 40-400.
Thickness: 33.1mm, Weight: circa 200gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 33.1 mm
Weight: 200 g
Diameter: 32 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th July 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM20710a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Spridlington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0084
Four figure Latitude: 53.343454
Four figure longitude: -0.499429
1:25K map: TF0084
1:10K map: TF08SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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