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Cast lead alloy item, possibly a weight
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Somerset County Council, Laura Burnett, 2012-04-16 15:25:14
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Cast lead alloy item, possibly a weight
Description
English: Cast lead alloy item, possibly a weight. It is shaped like two cones joined point to point with wide oval ends constricting to a narrow central waist. At the waist is a raised collar running around it with a patinated but unworn break to one side, possibly from a broken suspension or attachment loop. A casting line form a two part mould runs across both ends and down the sides. It is 30.7mm long, 15.5mm by 13.3mm at one end, 12.8mm by 14.6mm at the other and 11.4mm by 9.8mm in the centre. It weighs 21.86 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 43 and 1900
Accession number
FindID: 498419
Old ref: SOM-C2AD51
Filename: SOM-C2AD51.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/377704
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/377704/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/498419
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