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PLUMB BOB

Unique ID: PUBLIC-9AA1FC

Object type certainty: Certain
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A conical coper-alloy Roman object, most likely a plumb bob. It is in mostly complete condition but is missing its lug or loop for suspension. It finds parallels in a plumb bob weight from South Shields (Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984: no. 3.477) as well as a mount recorded through the PAS (LIN-E94F54).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.8 mm
Weight: 9.75 g
Diameter: 10 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

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Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Cotswold (District)
Parish or ward: Didmarton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST8287
Four figure Latitude: 51.58156844
Four figure longitude: -2.26116999
1:25K map: ST8287
1:10K map: ST88NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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