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WASTE
Unique ID: IOW-E9BC46
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Folded lead waste of unknown date and function (AD 43-1800).
This rolled strip of sheet lead that has been deliberately folded. Date and function unknown. It has been folded to form a flattened tube and has short linear indentations on the outer face. These may have been caused by a tool while folding rather than being decoration.
Similar objects have been classified as a curse tablets. However, this example is possibly more modern and may have performed an entirely different function, perhaps such as a weight or ingot.
The surface colour is grey.
Length: 50.94mm; width: 17.76mm; thickness: 8.62mm. Weight: 46.14g. The thickness of the sheet is about 1.7mm. The weight includes soil within.
Similar objects have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: CAM-9EB3F2, IOW-76D368, IOW-6AF811, KENT-35F464, LVPL-85ADA3, LVPL-DEA234, NARC1463, NCL-2ABD75, PAS-713571, WMID-43CE58, WMID-B21774 and WILT-EE1C8.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 43
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.94 mm
Width: 17.76 mm
Thickness: 8.62 mm
Weight: 46.14 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th April 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2013-4-29
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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