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Record ID: NMS-80DC11
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval lead weight for one quarter of an ounce Avoirdupois, a simple uninscribed disc. Diameter 17.2 - 18mm. Thickness 2.7mm. Weight 6.89g / 0.2430oz. c.1300 - c.1700.
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2014
Last updated: Saturday 5th July 2014
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Record ID: NMS-80FC8D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead weight for two ounces Avoirdupois, discoidal with the central part of one face recessed and inscribed with the number 2. Diameter 30 - 31.5mm. Thickness 8.5mm. Weight 57.02g / 2.0110oz. c.1540 - c.1700.
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2014
Last updated: Saturday 5th July 2014
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Record ID: NMS-8134E6
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval writing lead with one end round in cross-section and pointed, and the other flattened into a rectangular cross-section and pierced by an ovoid hole. The latter end is blunt rather than sharp as is the case with Biddle's (1990) Class II. Length 57mm. Diameter 5mm. Width 8mm. Thickness 3.5mm. 12th - 16th century. Writing leads like this follow the traditional shape of the earlier writing tablet styli, although it is unclear how effective a lead stylus would be for inscribing wax, and it seems more likely that they were used to make grey marks, as pencils. …
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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