Record ID: CAM-DDB1EB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight enclosed in an open-work copper-alloy casing surround. This artefact dates from the late Early-Medieval to early Medieval period. This weight has a sub-spherical shape with a diameter of 32.4mm and height of 25.2mm. Four open-work sub-lozenge shapes, in the copper casing, are, approximately equally, spaced around the mid-point of the circumference. These range in size from 12.9mm x11.3mm to 15.8mm x 13.4mm. The lead fills the copper casing and comes level with these lozenges or stops concave from the layer of copper-alloy surrounding the lozenges. This gives the artef…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
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