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STEELYARD WEIGHT
Unique ID: BH-FBE6C1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead-alloy steelyard weight, possibly dating from the Roman period.
The subovoid weight has been made is a two-piece mould, a casting seam extending around the perimeter. At the apex this seam is interrupted by an irregular hole, in which the now-missing loop would have been contained.
Length: 42.3mm; width: 34.8mm. Weight: 242.5g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.3 mm
Width: 34.8 mm
Weight: 242.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 31st August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/127 - 2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: St. Albans (District)
To be known as: St. Stephen
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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