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PIPE (SMOKING)
Unique ID: SOM-E93F47
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
The heel of a post-medieval clay tobacco pipe together with the broken stem and vestigial bowl. The bowl has been largely lost to a ragged old break. The flat is broadly circular. It is stamped with the maker's mark, in this case the neat, seriffed incuse letters . IEF ./FRY . H/[V]NT; no border is visible. The stem is 9.4mm in diameter at the break with an off centre hole 2.9mm in diameter.
The maker's name, Jeffry Hunt, is well documented in the local literature with examples known from Taunton (Leach 1984, 145-146; refs. 17, 18), dated c. AD 1650-1690.
Inscription:
. IEF ./FRY . H/[V]NT
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1690
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Height: 13.2 mm
Width: 9.4 mm
Weight: 2.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2013 - Tuesday 30th April 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22463
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Carhampton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leach, P. | 1984 | The Archaeology of Taunton - Excavations and Fieldwork to 1980 | Gloucester | Western Archaeological Trust - Monograph 8 | 145-146 | 17, 18 |
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