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GAMING PIECE
Unique ID: LIN-5A4C35
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A possible lead gaming piece dating to the later Early Medieval period, circa 800-1066. The object is conical, solid and has a flat base. The top is formed by five strands which are now twisted together, presumably through damage.
Similar gaming pieces - sometimes also identified as weights - are know from Viking sites such as the wintercamp at Torksey. See also LEIC-3BFC12 and NLM-6787D0.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 9.65 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Near Wragby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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