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VESSEL
Unique ID: NMS-3D21D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragments of two medieval to post-medieval cast copper alloy cooking vessels, both with sooted surfaces, weight 140g, 14th - 17th century:
- D-sectioned "ankle" and three-toed foot with trapezoidal footprint, length 23mm, width 25 - 38mm (wider across toes).
- leg tapering from the top to an incomplete foot, of pentagonal cross-section (broad reverse, straight-chamfered sides and median frontal arris). An incomplete mortice at the top suggests this may be a replacement. Extant length 72mm. Width 28 - 16mm. Thickness 14 - 8mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 140 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Friday 20th December 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 53106
Other reference: PM042014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Aylsham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2026
Four figure Latitude: 52.78670666
Four figure longitude: 1.26106342
1:25K map: TG2026
1:10K map: TG22NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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