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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-08F292
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy sheet rivet of medieval date. The rivet is sub-rectangular in form and has been folded in on itself towards the centre before being folded back. The rivet would have been used to hold repairs to a vessel in place.
The metal is a mid brownish-yellow colour and is worn with patches of corrosion over its surface. The rivet is 16mm long, 10.6mm wide, 1.4mm thick and weighs 0.6g.
Vessel repairs such as this have been found on sheet metal vessels dating from the early 12th to late 15th/mid 16th century.
A similar example can be seen in: HAMP-9C8243 and in Egan, p.101, fig 87a.
Class: Repair
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Width: 10.6 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Multiple
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Richmondshire (District)
To be known as: Catterick Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 2005 | Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark | London | Museum of London Archaeology Service | p.101 | fig 87a |
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