Record ID: SWYOR-6967A3
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy steelyard weight which may be from the Roman period. The weight is sub-spherical, with a flattened base and a slightly pointed top. An iron loop projects from the top. It is 50mm long, and 47.4mm in diameter. The surface of the weight is pitted. It is mid-grey in colour, with patches of white corrosion, but the appearance has been altered by cleaning and varnishing. The weight has a mass of 531g which is roughly equivalent to one and a half Roman pounds.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 23rd August 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-698060
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl. The whorl is conical with a truncated top. There is a large circular hole through the centre. It has a diameter of 24.7mm and is 11.6mm thick. It weighs 27.5g. The whorl is in good condition with a white patina, but has been varnished. Helen Geake writes: “Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan, 1998, “The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 – c1450”; and Biddle, 1990, “Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester”), and…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-698B46
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat and rectangular piece of lead which may be a weight. The object is 29.1mm long, 22.3mm wide and 3.7mm thick. It has a thick white patina which is chipped at the edges and it does not seem to be decorated or marked at all. It weighs 22.6g. Lead weighs are notoriously difficult to date and are very imperfectly understood currently.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-699644
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy seal from a bag, bale or other package of cargo, which is post medieval in date. It is 18.5mm long, 17.9mm wide and 4.6mm thick. The seal is sub-circular and is formed from two discs of metal pressed together at the edges over a string or fastening which is now missing. There is faint lettering on both faces of the seal, but it is illegible. The seal has been cleaned and polished.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-699EE7
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver and silver gilt hooked tag which is post medieval in date. The tag is 39.5mm long, 29.7mm wide and 11.7mm thick. Dora Thornton of the British Museum writes: "Silver dress hook with lozenge-shaped backplate, recurving hook soldered at top, rectangular attachment bar with illegible mark of unusual form, not apparently a maker's mark or assay scrape. Filing marks on backplate. On the front, outer band of cable ornament, gilt border with circles in filigree interspersed with small knops. Central flowerhead with four scrolling white silver petals secured by dome-headed pin and but…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-3C8BB6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus coin. Part of the coin is missing and it is very corroded. The obverse and the legends are totally illegible, but some legs of standing figures are visible on the reverse. It is possibly a House of Constantine, Gloria Exercitus, two standards type (AD 330 - 335). The coin has a diameter of 14.9mm and is 2.6mm thick. It weighs 0.55g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-AD13A2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver coin; a Scottish half merk of Charles I (1625 – 1649), second coinage (1636). The coin has a diameter of 24.7mm and is 0.9mm thick. It weighs 2.7g. The coin has broken into two pieces and been repaired. It is in fair condition. Number 5546 in Spink’s “Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands” (2003).
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-AD2D91
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy probable vessel fragment; a leg or foot. The object is roughly pyramid shaped, but has two straight faces that are triangular in plan and one face which is convex. The top is sub rectangular and the bottom is a blunt point. The object is damaged and somewhat misshapen. It is 40.5mm long, 30.7mm wide and 24.1mm thick. It is probably medieval in date.
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-553554
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy socketed axehead which dates from the Bronze Age. The axehead is 91.6mm long and the socket is 42mm wide and 39mm thick externally. Both ends of the axehead are extensively chipped and damaged, and there are also chips on the body of the axehead. There is a circumferential ridge round the socket opening and beneath that three ribs run halfway down the body on the two main faces. There are casting spurs along the seams on the sides. The cutting blade widens slightly, but the damage prevents the extent of the flaring being known. There is a single loop on one side near th…
Created on: Friday 17th August 2007
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-124935
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-circular coin weight, which is 17.4mm in diameter and 5.0mm thick, and weighs 9.01g. The weight is heavily worn and it is not possible to make out any design on the obverse. There is a slight dent, c2mm thick, starting from the edge of the obverse face and extending down the side of the weight. There is a rose-like lattice design on the reverse, with four sub-square depressions within the lattice in the centre of the design, and eight sub-circular depressions in the outer part of the lattice. There appears to be a funnel-shaped design protruding from two petals of the rose; howev…
Created on: Wednesday 19th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-126431
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint tool; an end and side scraper, which appears to have been manufactured on a rounded flake. The scraper is 35.6mm long and 30.3mm wide. It is a primary flake, with cortex covering c70% of the dorsal side. The cortex is pale grey; otherwise, the flint is dark grey, with a white band in the distal part. The platform is also bright white, and the area above the bulb on the ventral side is paler grey with orange flecks. Almost the entire perimeter of the dorsal side has been invasively retouched. On the ventral side, the bulb scars are faint. The platform is an irregular l…
Created on: Wednesday 19th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-135DD6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint tool, a knife, probably dating from the late Neolithic. The knife is 48.3mm long, 15.1mm wide and 4.6mm thick. It is formed on a tertiary flake which is rounded at both ends. Both edges are retouched, but they are also extensively damaged. It is similar to a plano-convex knife on page 171 of “Prehistoric Flintwork” by Chris Butler (2005), but is less invasively worked. The flint is an opaque and patinated brownish grey colour.
Created on: Wednesday 19th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-AEF0A6
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case: 2006 T298 - Coin Forger's Hoard British Museum Report: "Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire, find (2006 T298), amended report I have examined two groups of objects reported found at Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire. The first consists of 19 objects recovered in 2003-5. This find consisted of three groups of material: 1. eleven small pieces of plate metal; 2. seven clippings from silver coins; 3. a poorly-preserved whole coin. A second batch of material was reported found on the site in October-November 2006: this batch consists of 8 clippings of sheet metal and a second count…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Monday 2nd February 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-B2BA80
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy finger ring which is probably Roman. The ring has a diameter of 19.7mm and is 8.1mm across at the bezel. It has a rectangular flat bezel and angled shoulders but then the back of the ring is curved and D shaped in section. There is an incised pattern on the band next to the shoulders at both sides. This consists of three incised lines in a fan shape like a simple fleur-de-lis. There does not seem to be any decoration on the bezel or shoulders. The ring has unusual corrosion and is very light coloured, suggesting that it may have been coated with a white metal. Sally Wor…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Sunday 17th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-99D983
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy seal matrix which has a circular face with a diameter of 17.7mm and is 29mm high. It has a conical handle with a lozenge shaped suspension loop at the top. The design is of two arms shown from the elbow down and which are crossed at the wrist. There is a bird in the angle above the hands. This motif is known from other matrices where more details can be seen showing that the wrists are bound. The surface is corroded, but the legend appears to be LEL AMI AVET. Parallels are IHS-7D9B66 on the database and number 23 in The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Cata…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-99EA98
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy cast spherical bell fragment. The fragment is 39.mm long, 43.2mm wide and 2.98mm thick. It has a thickened median rib. A circular sound hole is visible in the upper half which appears not to be decorated. Another sound hole can be seen in the lower half which is decorated with radial arches executed in double incised lines. In the central circle at the base, part of a maker’s or owner’s initial can be seen; probably a W and a small O. The bell has a mottled dark brown and green patina. It is post medieval and probably dates from the sixteenth century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-99F480
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount, probably from harness, which consists of twelve radiating spikes which are alternately long and short. The mount has a diameter of 56.4mm and is 7.1mm thick. The fronts of the spikes are moulded into a rounded shape, but the reverse is flat and an integral rivet projects from the back of each long spike. The design is similar to rowel spurs of the fifteenth century, and this mount is likely to date from a similar time.
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-3F42F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin; an illegible dupondius or as. The coin has a diameter of 30.4mm and is 3.3mm thick. It weighs 13.3g. No details can be seen.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-3F6F01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy object which may be a damaged and incomplete penannular brooch. The object is a bar which is circular in section and has flattened and expanded terminals. The top face of the oval terminals are decorated with incised radial lines. A hole has been punched through one terminal, but too close to the edge so the hole has ripped the metal. The bar is sharply bent at one point. The smooth light green patina is damaged at that point, suggesting the damage was post depositional. It is unclear what shape the object was originally. The object is 41.2mm long, 5.9mm wide and 3.2mm …
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-3F89F7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval harness pendant with is damaged and incomplete. The pendant would have been circular or oval when complete, but now it is broken and about a third is missing. There is an integral suspension loop which is at right angles to the pendant. The pendant is 42.1mm long, 20mm wide and 5.9mm thick. No visible decoration survives except two tiny specks of gilding. The pendant has a light green patina. It probably dates from the 12th or 13th century (Griffiths, 1986).
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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