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Post Medieval Die
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West Berkshire, Paula Levick, 2006-10-17 11:12:50
Title
Post Medieval Die
Description
English: A Post Medieval lead alloy throwing die (AD1500-1650). The die is an irregular cube and has six sides, each one marked with punched dots. The pattern of the dots do not conform to a regular die where two opposite sides add up to seven. One side appears to be blank, the next has two dots, then five dots, four dots, above one dot and below two dots. The lead has a thick white patina. Dimensions: length: 8.61mm; width: 8.98mm; thickness: 8.80mm; weight: 5.87g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 1500 and 1650
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 136940
Old ref: BERK-4DB527
Filename: Swift - die - June 06.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/116857
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/116857/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/136940
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current00:13, 1 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 00:13, 1 February 20171,936 × 1,366 (167 KB) (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, BERK, FindID: 136940, medieval, page 535, batch Oxfordshire count 4492

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