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GAMING PIECE
Unique ID: NLM-FFF9C2
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead possible playing piece. An oval fragment of solidified melt which has hardened on a flat and probably finely sanded surface, and subsequently received a crudely incised cross or a T shape on its upper side. The metal retains a grey tint which may suggest a relatively recent date. This may represent the improvised marking of a small piece of lead-working scrap to distinguish it from others, producing a typically ephemeral object apt to use in a board game. The board may have been equally ephemeral, and might have consisted of no more than lines marked in sand. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1700.
Length: 20.4mm, Width: 16.7mm, Thickness: 3mm, Weight: 7.72gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.4 mm
Width: 16.7 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 7.72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 4th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35424
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Ulceby with Fordington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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