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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-25E2D7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy vessel of medieval to post-medieval date. The fragment is part of the rim of a probable cooking vessel and is sub-rectangular in shape and rectangular in cross-section. The fragment is fairly even in thickness though there is a slight swelling at the rim edge. Both surfaces are smooth and the remains of a pot mend can be seen projecting through. The breaks are very worn.
The metal is a dark blackish-brown colour and is worn. The fragment is 44.9mm long, 47.6mm wide, 3.9mm thick and weighs 44.9g.
Crude cast copper alloy vessels for cooking and serving were widely used during the period AD 1200 - 1700 and were increasingly common during the 13th and 14th centuries.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.9 mm
Width: 47.6 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 44.9 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Saxton with Scarthingwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4737
Four figure Latitude: 53.827149
Four figure longitude: -1.287438
1:25K map: SE4737
1:10K map: SE43NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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