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VESSEL
Unique ID: SF-115A73
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late Medieval or Post medieval lead pot-mend. It is oval in shape, with both surfaces being flat and neatly finished, but with no trace of any pottery between the two. The object measures 41.4mm in length, 24.98mm in width, 10.77mm in thickness, and weighs 50.09g.
Class: pot mend
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.4 mm
Width: 24.98 mm
Thickness: 10.77 mm
Weight: 50.09 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: finder's ref.49
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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