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APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Unique ID: ESS-33FB86
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval possible apothecary weight, dating AD 1400-1700. The object is small and circular, but would have originally been square. There is a 'T' in the centre on one side, most likely a markers mark. The reverse side has no decoration. It has a light brown patina. A modern reference number has been added in black ink.
The object is similar in design to ESS-33B420 and was found in the same vicinity.
The object is 12mm diameter
Notes:
Record created by the images and information supplied by finder. Artefact/coin not seen by FLO
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 12 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
Parish or ward: Great Dunmow (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6223
Four figure Latitude: 51.88202991
Four figure longitude: 0.35227697
1:25K map: TL6223
1:10K map: TL62SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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