03-11-2009, 09:07 PM
Blimey, you are forcing me to understand technology. I'll try and post a picture here.
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It doesn't seem to match any of the drawings you have posted. We sometimes cut the shafts slightly to help hold the lead in place. You can see a similar nick in the shaft.
These are currently on public display at Wroxeter.
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These too are hard to match with your drawings. Maybe the middle example equates to no 4.
A lead weight seemingly from a dart was picked up from the Wroxeter vineyard not so long ago.
Surely with the numbers found, manufacturers could actually reproduce a specific find?
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It doesn't seem to match any of the drawings you have posted. We sometimes cut the shafts slightly to help hold the lead in place. You can see a similar nick in the shaft.
These are currently on public display at Wroxeter.
[attachment=0:qv05ty2h]<!-- ia0 Wroxeter plumbata.jpg<!-- ia0 [/attachment:qv05ty2h]
These too are hard to match with your drawings. Maybe the middle example equates to no 4.
A lead weight seemingly from a dart was picked up from the Wroxeter vineyard not so long ago.
Surely with the numbers found, manufacturers could actually reproduce a specific find?
John Conyard
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Reconstruction Group
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