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VESSEL
Unique ID: SUSS-9AB604
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Part of a cast copper-alloy cooking vessel leg. The leg is rectangular in plan and trapizoid in section with a wider front than back and a narrow raised central rib running down the centre of the front. There is an old break at the top with the lower edge is very worn with an old break across one corner. Butler R., Green C. and Payne N. (2009) Cast copper-alloy cooking vessels, The Finds Research Group AD700-1700 Datasheet 41, suggest that this form of leg was in widespread use in the medieval period although early 17th century examples are also known (p.4). This fragment corresponds to the example given as figure 4a on p.6. The fragment weighs 170g and meausres 59.7mm in length, 49.1mm in width and is 16.5mm thick when measured including the raised central rib.
Class:
Cooking
Sub class: Leg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59.3 mm
Width: 49.1 mm
Thickness: 16.5 mm
Weight: 170 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st August 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. | 2009 | Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels | York | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 41 | 4,6 | 4c |
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