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SF8468: Vessel Leg

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VESSEL

Unique ID: SF8468

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Cast copper-alloy leg from a cooking vessel. A low triangle in cross-section, it rises in two convex curves to a central midrib. 30 mm wide at the broken top, it tapers gently to 28 mm in the centre and then flares again to 32 mm wide at the thickened foot. There are small patches of sooting.

Class: cooking vessel
Sub class: leg

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1250
Date to: AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 58 mm
Width: 32 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 80.26 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2002

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: ALDEBURGH

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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