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WEIGHT

Unique ID: NMS-E50CF3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Post-medieval lead steelyard weight, pear-shaped with blind hole in trimmed flat apex for missing suspension loop (no traces of rust so probably of copper alloy). Some oblique cuts in surface of body. Height 35mm. Diam. 33-3mm. Weight 196.80g. Perhaps 16th-18th century.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1600
Date to: Exactly AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 35 mm
Weight: 196.8 g
Diameter: 33 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 13th May 2016 - Wednesday 8th June 2016

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 20002
Other reference: AMD062016

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Great Melton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG1406
Four figure Latitude: 52.60959888
Four figure longitude: 1.15923674
1:25K map: TG1406
1:10K map: TG10NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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