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WEIGHT
Unique ID: YORYM-E528FB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead-alloy weight of unknown date. The weight is bell-shaped with a circular perforation running through it. There are irregular indentations probably through use, but no discernible evidence of decoration.
The metal is rough and a mid-grey colour. The object is 16.98mm in length, 16.75mm wide, 19.02mm thick and weighs 30.97g. The perforation has a diameter of 3.86mm.
Lead weights such as this were used from the Iron Age through to the Post-Medieval period and are therefore difficult to date without supporting contextual evidence. Suspension weights have a huge range of forms and designs and would have been used as weights for fishing or goods.
Class: Suspension
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.98 mm
Width: 16.75 mm
Thickness: 19.02 mm
Weight: 30.97 g
Diameter: 3.28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 2015 - Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E04597
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Acaster Malbis (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5944
Four figure Latitude: 53.88883564
Four figure longitude: -1.1038079
1:25K map: SE5944
1:10K map: SE54SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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