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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-267923
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy vessel mend of medieval to post medieval date. The object is formed from a single sheet of sub-lozengiform metal, roughly half of which remains, and has been folded twice. The surviving longest side has been folded inward and outward again in a concertina style. After the initial bend the pointed end would have been pushed through a break in a vessel and the second bend made to hold it in place. This would have been mirrored on the other half of the object.
The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The vessel mend is 23.8mm long, 13.6mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 1.5g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1200
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.8 mm
Width: 13.6 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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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