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SLING SHOT
Unique ID: NLM-3543A9
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead possible slingshot. Cast oval round-ended pear-shaped shot. A deep diagonal groove and an adjacent mark resembling an uneven saltire might be either deliberate markings or fortuitous surface damage; the latter probably more likely, as is the case with other small gouges. Patinated. The lead slingshot was the mark of a professional user; the Mediterranean islanders of the Balearics and Rhodes were especially noted as mercenary slingers, while the use of the sling in Britain is also attested. Lead slingshot seems to be associated with Roman military activity up to the end of the second century AD (Bishop and Coulston 1993, 115). The use of a lead slingshot by Roman auxillaries is likely in this case, and this example would convey significant kinetic energy to the signal disadvantage of any target it struck. Suggested date: Early Roman, 43-200.
Length: 39.1mm, Diameter: 25.5mm, Weight: 115.18gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.1 mm
Weight: 115.18 g
Diameter: 25.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 21st October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34236
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Torksey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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