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Roman sling shot
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Dot Boughton, 2017-03-23 17:36:10
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Roman sling shot
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English: Roman lead sling shot, probably dating from the 1st century AD.

The artefact is biconical, tapering to a sharp point at one end and a more rounded point at the other. The surfaces are convex.

An assemblage of over 100 lead Roman sling-shots, found at the same farm as BH-BF5521 (a short distance to the south-east of the Roman town of Verulamium), is discussed by Greep (1987: 183-200), who suggests a mid 1st century date, based on associated early military equipment (ibid: 184). Although such objects have been found at sites throughout Roman Britain, it is noteworthy that of the four previously recorded examples on the PAS database, four - BH-BF5521, BH-EB2C32, BH-292632 and BH-27A5B4 - were also recovered from the same farm; the remaining shot, YORYM-7EB744, was found in Lincolnshire.

This slingshot comes from an area of well known Roman occupation north of Maryport.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cumbria
Date between 25 and 75
Accession number
FindID: 816410
Old ref: LANCUM-5F76BA
Filename: LANCUM5F76BA10_22.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/608290
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/608290/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/816410
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