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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: HAMP-3161D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An artefact of uncertain function consisting of a lead core capped with a sheet copper-alloy dome at one end. The main leaden element is corroded and abraded, but broadly cylindrical and is able to sit on its flat, sub-circular base. The other end is shallowly domed and covered with copper-alloy sheeting, abraded at its circumference. At its summit it appears to be perforated, although this is unclear, as is its purpose. The object may have acted as a weighted terminal to something rather than a weight in its own right. The copper alloy cap has a variable mid-green colour.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 22.2 mm
Weight: 85.1 g
Diameter: 30.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010 - Tuesday 31st August 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2858; NFR/1254
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Kings Somborne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3631
Four figure Latitude: 51.077201
Four figure longitude: -1.487495
1:25K map: SU3631
1:10K map: SU33SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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