Record ID: SUSS-DB15F2
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval lead alloy shot probably from a flintlock military wall gun dating between 1700-1800 AD. The shot is sub-spherical, with a small flattened section possibly resulting from the inclusion of the shot in a multiple load. The shot has numerous linear divots and striations across its surface, possibly caused by gas erosion, an effect occurring at the instant of firing an unwadded projectile. No evidence of a casting sprue is readily apparent.  Dimensions: diameter: 24.55mm,  weight: 83.04g The shot is too large for a musket and the finder …
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-4C469F
Object type: PHALLIC OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead/lead alloy phallus of uncertain date. The object is in the form of a phallus and is naturalistically rendered with an erect shaft and a glans. The shaft is broadly sub-rectangular in plan with a broadly square cross-section with rounded corners and sides; the base end is domed. At the opposing end of the phallus shaft is a defined head that presents a crudely incised traverse groove through the tip. The object has a white/cream patina. Dimensions: Length 38.62mm; width: 18.19mm; thickness: 15.54mm and weight: 54.83g Similar phallic objects have been conside…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-B97029
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead steelyard weight probably of Medieval to Post Medieval date c. 1100-1700. It has a pear shaped form with a slightly flattened base and tapers to a rounded apex where there is the stub of an iron shank for attachment. The weight is covered in gouges and dents and has a creamy buff patina. Measurements: height 62.17mm; max diameter: 51.29mm and weight 870g. Steelyards are portable scales with beam arms of unequal length rather than being an equal-arm balance. The material being weighed was suspended via a loop at the terminal end, …
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-53AA3A
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval lead powder measure cap, measuring a charge of gunpowder dating to c.AD 1600-1700. The cap has been considerably squashed resulting in significant deformation. The sides flare gently outwards and upwards from the sub-oval base. The bowl is now compressed inwards on both sides, the rim bent into a slight hourglass figure. On one side of the base, one integral loop survives, now compressed against the body of the cap. The opposite loop is missing, with only worn stubs remaining. A small section is missing from the wall of the cap, leaving a sub-tri…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-DB9AEB
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast late Early Medieval to Medieval lead spindle whorl, (Walton Rogers type A1) dating c. 850 - 1100. The object is circular in plan and domed, with a centrally cast sub-circular aperture measuring 11.20mm across at the domed surface, widening to 14.26mm across at the flat surface. The weight is plain and undecorated,with a grey patina. The surface is covered in dents and pits. Dimensions: diameter: 35.47mm,  thickness: 14.11mm,  weight: 85.91g The form of the object suggests this is a spindle whorl. Walton Rogers (1997), has class…
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-4D8EB4
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A lead biconical steelyard weight of possible Roman date c. AD 43-410. The weight is biconical with two worn iron projections at each end. The lead surface has a grey white patina with a deep linear indentation on the narrow edge.  Dimensions: height: 25.34mm,  width: 23.74mm,  weight: 45.57g. The PAS Guide notes that most common Roman steelyard weights are biconical as in this example, with a separate iron loop attached at one or both apexes.  If there are two loops, one is for suspension and the other holds a hook on which to hang …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-3455FC
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy Post Medieval musket ball dating to AD 1700 - 1800. The ball is sub-spherical, cream and light grey in colour and has an uneven and pitted surface.The mass suggests that it is a musket ball of 18th century date.   The ball is 18.7 mm diameter and weighs 30.61 g.
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-344B32
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast lead pistol shot dating c. AD 1600-1800.  The object is spherical with a casting seam and a small casting sprue. The object has a pitted surface greenish grey patina It measures 11.7mm diameter and weighs 8.47g.
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-3432A0
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy Post Medieval cast shot dating to AD 1600 - 1800. The ball is sub-spherical, cream and light grey in colour and has an uneven and pitted surface. On side of the ball is flat and another has an indentation indicating that it has been fired. The ball is 16.45 mm diameter and weighs 22.52g. The mass suggests that it was used in a carbine. From Foard (2009: 13): "At close quarters, against men and horses, artillery typically employed case shot. The term is used here to cover all types of multiple lead bullet anti-personnel munitions fired from ordnance.…
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-B4A54A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete uniface lead alloy token of post medieval date c. AD 1500-1800. The token is circular in plan, with a decorated upper face featuring six raised cast pellets, five arrayed in a pentagonal fashion, with one placed in the centre. The opposite face is undecorated. The object has a creamy white patina. Dimensions: diameter: 24.47mm,  thickness: 2.74mm,  weight: 13.68g Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore usually difficult to …
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-B419E7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy uniface token of probable post medieval date (AD 1500-1800) The object is circular, with a decorated upper face bearing the raised cast initials HS. A pellet may have separated the two letters but it is no longer clear. The opposite face is undecorated. The object is light grey with patches of brown. Dimensions: diameter: 17.79mm,  thickness: 2.28mm,  weight: 4.67g Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore usually diffi…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-BBA602
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Post Medieval cast lead musket balls found close together, dating c. AD 1600-1800.  Shot 1. Diameter: 17.6mm and weight: 29.7g The shot is spherical, retains a casting seam and appears unfired with a creamy white patina and iron oxide staining.  Shot 2.  Diameter: 18.3mm and weight: 28.06g The shot is spherical, retains a casting seam and sprue. It appears unfired with a buff patina.  Discussion: From Foard (2009: 13): "At close quarters, against men and horses, artillery typically employed case shot. The term is used here to…
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-12D463
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy impacted pistol shot of Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1600 - 1800. The shot has been fired and compressed into a sub-circular plate with a lenticular cross-section and sub-rectangular knop protruding from the top of the object. The impact has caused the edges to become irregularly scalloped and the surfaces are covered with radiating striations running from the centre of the plate to the edges. The opposite face has three impressed shallow, wide grooves and bands, probably caused by what the object impacted. The…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 31st May 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-082FA4
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval lead papal bulla of Pope Alexander III dating to AD 1159-1181. Obverse: is written ALEX/ANDER/PP III (in three lines) set within a circle of pellets. Reverse: heads of St Peter and St Paul facing each other, each in a vesica-shaped compartment defined by beading,SPA [SPE] above. All within a circle of pellets. Measurements: diameter 35.33mm, thickness 4.39mm, weight 41.47g. Similar bullae to this one recorded on the PAS database are: WILT-CEA4DC and HAMP-91E09B and WMID-0BB42A which notes: The papal bulla is a formal …
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-E00603
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude lead alloy weight or spindle whorl of uncertain date. The object is broadly circular in plan with a central sub-circular perforation. The hole tapers in diameter from 5.7mm to 8.4mm. Each surface is heavily abraded and irregular with no visible decoration. The spindle whorl has a creamy buff patina. Measurements: diameter: 21.3mm; thickness:13.4mm and weight: 30.83g. Lead weights of this form were commonly used throughout the Roman to post-medieval period for a variety of functions and are therefore difficult to date accurately. If the object is…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st March 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-581EB5
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast lead flat non-heraldic personal seal matrix dating c.AD 1200-1350.  Description: The matrix is flat and sub-circular in plan with a damaged pierced D-shaped projecting lug with extending rib on the reverse. The die depicts an engraved central six-pointed star with a single pellet in each angle ringed by a plain groove. This is surrounded by the legend which starts at twelve o'clock and runs retrograde (anti-clockwise) around the matrix. The inscription reads "+S ROBE[..] [FI]L [..]". This translates as 'Seal o…
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-D3B751
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete uniface lead token of post medieval date c. (1550-1800). The object is a uniface lead token. The decorated face features a swan swimming right with a long curved neck and feathery plumage, as well as an indistinct shape to its left, possibly a plant such as a reed. The reverse is blank. Two small sections of the outer flan have broken off.The object has a light grey patina. Dimensions: diameter: 20.38mm,  thickness: 1.88mm,  weight: 4.00g Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are belie…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-BE2880
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl (Walton-Rogers form A1) probably of early-Medieval date c. AD 600-1000. The spindle whorl is circular in plan, and D shaped in cross section. The central hole is circular in shape and the internal measures 7.98mm. The upper face is flat and slightly concave with slightly raised rims and the underside domed. No decoration is present. The spindle whorl is a cream/ light grey colour with an even patina. Dimensions: diameter: 22.86mm,  thickness: 6.33mm,  weight: 18.82g The shape and diameter of the central hole would sugg…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-6CBC72
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bell-shaped lead weight of probable post-medieval date.  It is sub-circular in section, with a slightly concave base and an incomplete iron suspension loop at its top. The weight is patinated a cream colour typical of aged lead. Measurements: height 29.33mm, diameter 20.12mm, weight 73.67mm.  .This mass does not fit with any of the standard systems of weight. It is also possible that this object is not a weight at all. It could be the handle from a bell pull mechanism or similar.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-6B820C
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead weight, probably a plumb bob of unknown date probably dating c. AD 1100-1800. The object is slender and sub-conical with a circular cross-section. There are four crushed and flattened claws at the apex for an attachment. The sides broaden to the rounded base which is slightly flattened underneath. Measurements: height 34.85mm, diameter 24.53mm, weight 118.23mm.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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