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Unique ID: LIN-F38F93
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Roman plumbata. The spear is made of iron, comprising a shaft of circular section, tapering gently to a barbed head. The tip is missing. A lead weight has been cast onto the base of the shaft to act as a counter-balance. The weight is biconical and has an opening at the base in which part of shaft is visible.
Parallels for this object come from Wroxeter (Barker 1979), and Nettleton, near Bath (Wedlake 1982)
Barker, P., (1979) The plumbatae from Wroxeter, in: Hassall and Ireland 1979, De Rebus Bellicis, BAR Int. Ser., vol. 63 (Oxford), part 1, pp. 97-9.
Wedlake, W.J. (1982) The Excavation of the Shrine of Apollo at Nettleton, Wiltshire, 1956-1971 (Society of Antiquaries Research Report 40)
Notes:
identification done from photograph sent by finder.
Class: Plumbata
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 250
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 100 mm
Width: 25 mm
Weight: 61.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: UKDFD 45545
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Secondary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Ancaster (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9643
Four figure Latitude: 52.97576423
Four figure longitude: -0.57177079
1:25K map: SK9643
1:10K map: SK94SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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