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VESSEL
Unique ID: SF-E274A6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A rim sherd from a cast copper-alloy cooking vessel of Medieval date. A short length of the thickened rim and part of the wall of the vessel survive, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The exterior surface has a vertical casting seam and black sooting resultant from exposure to fire or high temperatures. It measures 52.07mm in width, 29.56mm in height, 5.79mm in thicknes and 24.27g in weight. This is a fragment from the rim of a Medieval cooking vessel, probably dating to between the 14th and 15th centuries AD if not slightly later.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 29.56 mm
Width: 52.07 mm
Thickness: 5.79 mm
Weight: 24.27 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st October 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Bromeswell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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