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WEIGHT
Unique ID: LIN-752A9C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.800-1000) weight in the form of a fourteen-sided polyhedron (a cube with the corners cut off). Eight of the sides are equilateral triangles, the other six are rectangular. Each of the rectangular sides is decorated with four punched annulets and their borders are delineated by a line of smaller incised dots. Each triangular face is undecorated. Overall, the weight measures 8.3mm long, 8.2mm wide and 7.9mm thick. It weighs 3.47g.
There are now over 50 of these weights on the database. Nearly all of the weights recorded by the PAS are within the heartland of the Danelaw. Of these weights the weight of this one is unusual. The number of dots on each side is thought to represent a weight standard. Often with these types of weight, dividing the weight of the weight by the number of dots on each side results in about 0.75g. However, dividing the weight of this one by 4 results in a weight of 0.87g.
Class: Polyhedral
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: 8.3 mm
Width: 8.2 mm
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Weight: 3.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Field 2: 4
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Sleaford area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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