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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-FF9AF7
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 D-shaped in section. All breaks are very worn.
The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The fragment is 70.4mm long, 25.1mm wide, 4.4mm thick and weighs 29.8g.
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.
Class: Rim
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: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70.4 mm
Width: 25.1 mm
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 29.8 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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Lockington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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