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PENCIL
Unique ID: NLM-1C9BBA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead stylus or pencil. Sub-triangular object with knife cut edges suggesting it to have been cut from cast lead sheet of structural gauge. The wider end is roughly rounded by three cuts, and a hole of diameter c.2mm is drilled through it, probably to permit suspended wear. The object tapers towards a point, and is patinated overall, a surface disrupted by light later damage. The manufacture of styli from materials available on a building site is a common feature of their use, and may betoken functional literacy amongst craftsmen. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500.
Length: 54.2mm, Width: 11.6mm, Thickness: 4.6mm, Weight: 14.25g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54.2 mm
Width: 11.6 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 14.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th March 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM32176
Materials and construction
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: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9114
Four figure Latitude: 53.61465305
Four figure longitude: -0.62588526
1:25K map: SE9114
1:10K map: SE91SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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