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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-E78536
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy vessel of medieval to post-medieval date. The fragment is part of the leg of a probable cooking vessel. The leg is rectangular in section and tapers slightly from the base of the foot up to the worn break. The leg fragment is undecorated except for a central raised ridge running down the front.
The metal is a dark greenish-brown colour and is slightly worn and pitted. The fragment weighs 72g.
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.
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: 51.3 mm
Weight: 72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th April 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: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: New Earswick
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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