Record ID: SWYOR-7618A1 - EARLY MEDIEVAL vessel

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Vessel

Unique ID: SWYOR-7618A1

Object type certainty: Certain

A copper-alloy repair patch, or folded rivet, some times called a ‘paperclip’ type. With an uneven hexagonal outline, folded from a cut sheet lozenge it was used to fill small splits in sheet vessels. It measures 26.4mm in length and 15mm in width x 2.5mm thick, weighing 3.04g. Egan mentions a broad date range for this type of pot mend, dating from the Early Medieval to Post Medieval (Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition, p.101). A Similar database example is SF-98A993.

Class: repair patch

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 410
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Length: 26.4 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 3.04 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: South Yorkshire
District: Sheffield
Parish: Bradfield

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SK2787
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 20th August 2008

Personal details

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Identified by: Mr Stuart Ward - [view all attributed records]

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