Record ID: YORYM-260280
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight of uncertain date. The weight is bi-conical with an integral suspension loop projecting from one end. The weight is undecorated. The metal is a light greyish-white colour and is worn. The weight is 30.2mm long, 16.2mm in diameter and weighs 23.3g. Lead weights are difficult to date with any certainty and are known to have been in use from the Roman to post-medieval period.
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 7th November 2013
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Record ID: YORYM-5F35D4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead spindle whorl of uncertain date. The spindle whorl is plano-convex with an off-central perforation running through it and is undecorated. The metal is a mid brownish-white colour and is worn. The spindle whorl is 18.1mm in diameter, 8.7mm thick and weighs 14.4g. Lead spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty. Decorated examples are thought to date to the medieval to post-medieval periods while undecorated examples cannot be securely dated without supporting contextual evidence.
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Record ID: YORYM-81A497
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead weight or gaming piece of uncertain date. The weight is conical with a circular base which tapers unevenly to a rounded apex. The object is undecorated. The object is 14.3mm in diameter, 12.7mm tall and weighs 10.1g. Due to a lack of contextual evidence and any diagnostic features it is not possible to identify or date this object any more closely and it may date from the Roman to post-medieval periods.
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2013
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