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EWER
Unique ID: LEIC-2E4460
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy ewer spout, 63mm long, 17mm wide and 17mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs44.10grams. The object is in the form of a dogs head which has a ridge running between raised ears. The spout itself is a cylinder protruding from the dogs mouth and behind its head the object is curved with half of its surface cut away and tapering to a point.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 63 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight: 44.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Blaby (District)
Parish or ward: Cosby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5394
Four figure Latitude: 52.541285
Four figure longitude: -1.219961
1:25K map: SP5394
1:10K map: SP59SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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