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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-BE4C52
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy vessel of medieval date. The fragment is part of the leg, including the foot, of a probable cooking vessel. The leg is roughly D-shaped in section and widens considerably towards the base of the foot. A protruding ridge extends down the centre of the front of the leg. The reverse of the leg is flat and undecorated as is the base of the foot. The break at the top of the leg fragment is very worn.
The metal is a light brownish-green colour and is worn. The fragment is 65.3mm long, 54.7mm wide, 32.6mm thick and weighs 241g.
While it is not possible to allocate this fragment to a specific type Geake, p.45 suggests a mid 13th to 16th century date for cooking vessels.
Class: Leg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 65.3 mm
Width: 54.7 mm
Thickness: 32.6 mm
Weight: 241 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Carnaby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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