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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-68DDC7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead weight. Cast and slightly tapered octagonal section standing weight with an integrally cast apical loop with drilled aperture of diameter 3.5mm. Though the term standing implies use with a scale pan balance, the provision of the loop could have enabled this object to function as a small steelyard poise; the steelyard balance was reintroduced to England as a means of weighing bulk goods in the later medieval period. Its mass does not correlate closely with known metrical systems, though it is close to that of a conical lead weight from a later medieval context in London. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1500.
Diameter (base): 16.7mm, Height: 28.2mm, Weight: 38.88gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 28.2 mm
Weight: 38.88 g
Diameter: 16.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM23532a
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: Northorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8997
Four figure Latitude: 53.46223621
Four figure longitude: -0.66093748
1:25K map: SK8997
1:10K map: SK89NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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