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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SF-8278D9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A composite lead and copper alloy weight probably of Roman or Medieval date. The weight is roughly ovoid in shape, but very crudely made. There is a strip of copper alloy folded in two embedded in the centre. Both end of this protrude from the weight for c.1.5cm and one is pierced with a small, circular hole and the other has a small knop extending from the end. An example with a similar construction from the PAS database: LIN-687B15.
Length: 42.08mm, width: 19.97mm, weight: 46.61g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.08 mm
Width: 19.97 mm
Weight: 46.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Elveden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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