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VESSEL
Unique ID: NLM-652075
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead
Vessel fragment. Rim fragment from a straight-sided vessel with beaded rim, of estimated diameter 120mm. The bead runs on the inside of the rim, which may be slightly flared or bent but otherwise fails to interrupt the smooth external surface. The rim and vertical side recall the form of much larger vessels recovered from Middle Saxon sites in the region. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 750-950.
Length: 39mm, Height: 34mm, Thickness (clear of rim): 3.1mm, Weight: 23.46gms.
Class: Lead
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Height: 34 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 23.46 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010 - Tuesday 31st August 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM17084
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wickenby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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