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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-D0E778
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Class: Cooking
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1699
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 63.3 mm
Width: 33.8 mm
Thickness: 27.3 mm
Weight: 119 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th May 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Entry 020264
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
To be known as: Westbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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