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Record ID: NMS-E00012
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy cast discoidal un-inscribed weight, convex sided ('truncated sphere'). Diameter 22mm, thickness 13mm. Weighing 44.25 g, 1.5610 oz, 682.8 grains. Some slight damage to surface.
The weight may (although slightly underweight) represent 2 of the postulated Scandinavian units of 24.4 ±0.8g (Kruse 1992), i.e. 47.2g to 50.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Watton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-3862C6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight, disc with convex sides and slightly abraded angles between faces and sides, 8.5mm thick, diameter 15mm. Weighing 11.98 g, 0.4225 oz, 185.0 grains. The weight of this piece is just under half of the suggested weight unit of 26.6 g for around 200 Hiberno-Norse finds from Dublin (Kruse 1992, 86).
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Holme Hale', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-360DF6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy tinned weight, polyhedral, rectangular-sectioned square with corners cut-off (13 x 13mm, 11mm thick), engraved bordering lines on each of the facets, opposed larger faces with tapering perforation, single dot on each of the remaining facets. Weighing 13.32g / 205.2 grains. This weight is less than 0.01% overweight for three of one of the three postulated weight units (4.43g) of the Late Saxon period. (Kruse 1992, 80).
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Morton on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-2217D2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast discoidal weight, flat face with nineteen ring-and-dots arranged in the form of a cross potent, rounded chamfer around edge on base. A small almost central perforation in the face splays on the reverse and contains the remains of a plug comprising decayed pale grey/whitish material, probably lead. Diameter 14mm, thickness 4mm. Weighing 53.6 grains, 3.48 g.
This weight bears resemblance to some Early Anglo-Saxon weights and may relate to a weight system based on a unit of c. 3.1 g (Scull 1990, 187). However if the plug were intact the difference in weight would be even greater.
Created on: Monday 19th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Postwick with Witton', grid reference and parish protected.
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