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STEELYARD WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-8CE15E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead steelyard weight. Cast rectangular section slightly tapered weight with a worn oval aperture at the top and a knife-cut tying notch above it. In profile the object is stepped, reducing its thickness here to 8mm, with the suspension hole passing through the narrower upper part of the object. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.
Height: 41.6mm, Width: 20.1mm, Thickness: 18.9mm, Weight: 99.80gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.6 mm
Width: 20.1 mm
Thickness: 18.9 mm
Weight: 99.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26678a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Kirton in Lindsey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9116
Four figure Latitude: 53.63262431
Four figure longitude: -0.62530142
1:25K map: SE9116
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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