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WEIGHT

Unique ID: PUBLIC-080577

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

This object is of uncertain use and may be a gaming piece in view of the decoration. It may be an incomplete lead pendant weight of probable Medieval date (AD 1200-1550). The object has four roughly equal flattened "sides", each side tapering along its length from the broken hanging loop at the top to a maximum width of 15.79mm and then tapering back to its flattened point . The resulting shape is diamond shaped in end-on view. The upper end has the remains of a single oval perforation which would have formed the suspension loop. Two of the four "sides" have indistinct raised lettering and one of the other sides has a raised fleur de lis or three plumes of feathers, the remaining side appears blank with an incised line which may have occurred in the ground.

The metal is a grey/cream/brown in colour with a slightly coarse patina.

Several functions, including plumb bobs and net sinkers, for such pendent weights have been suggested (Egan 1998, pp. 310-311). Whilst it has been noted elsewhere on the database that their chronology may span the medieval to post-medieval periods (LVPL-95D566), Egan cites a not dissimilar one found in a context which dates from AD 1350-1400 (Egan 1998, p. 310).

Length: 51.85mm, Width: 21.53mm, Thickness 14.49mm, Weight: 66g

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: Include in MedArch

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 51.85 mm
Width: 21.53 mm
Thickness: 14.49 mm
Weight: 66 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th July 2017

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
Parish or ward: Lenham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ8852
Four figure Latitude: 51.23620482
Four figure longitude: 0.6916705
1:25K map: TQ8852
1:10K map: TQ85SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Metal detecting on private farmland
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G.	1998	The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London)	London	The Stationery Office

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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