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STEELYARD WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-AF440A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead and iron steelyard weight. Cast sub-spherical weight with an embedded iron loop of rectangular section [of thickness 8mm] with one end protruding from the opposite side - though its angular section might be acquired through the flaking of corrosion, the surface of the iron appears atypically sound. An iron chain link, again of rectangular section [of thickness 4mm] with two right-angled kinks, passes through the loop. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.
Diameter: 37mm, Height (suspended): 83mm, Weight: c.245gms.
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
Height: 83 mm
Weight: 245 g
Diameter: 37 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 26th February 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM28186
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wharton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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