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TUMBREL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-8C90EF
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy tumbrel dating to 1200 - 1500. This folding balance for weighing coins was formed from two arms which pivot in the middle allowing the balance to be opened into a cross shape to be used, or folded flat. One arm includes an integral pan and weight and this passes through the wider arm. The pan is 12m x 11mm and has a ridge on the sides nearest and furthest from the hinge and the weight is angled to form the hinge and is square in cross section and is held in place by a pin through the body of the wider arm. The wider arm which contains the hinge is decorated with a zoomorphic moulding at the upper terminal and is damaged at the lower end. The reverse of the wider arm is hollow to allow the smaller arm to fold into it. Length wider arm 58.61 mm and the pan and weight arm is 61.83 mm.
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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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58.61 mm
Width: 61.83 mm
Weight: 16.85 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Chapel St. Leonards (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF5572
Four figure Latitude: 53.22243931
Four figure longitude: 0.32022994
1:25K map: TF5572
1:10K map: TF57SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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