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DIAMETER:  4.5 inches
GUN: Rifled 12-pounder Siege Gun, 4.62-inch Caliber
LENGTH: About 12 1/2 inches
WEIGHT: 31 pounds 4 ounces
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Copper, missing
FUZING: Missing
An unusual specimen, the missing sabot must have been a quite deep Read ring.  Only specimen noted.