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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-517B22
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy fragment of a vessel leg from a cooking pot, dating from 1400 - 1600. Only the base of the leg survives. It flares towards the out-turned foot and is fluted with a central ridge along the leg. There are traces of sooting on the surface. The break is well patinated.
Class:
cooking vessel
Sub class: leg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.91 mm
Width: 39.98 mm
Thickness: 13.13 mm
Weight: 49.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 5th October 2012 - Monday 15th October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2037
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: Barlby (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6335
Four figure Latitude: 53.807486
Four figure longitude: -1.0448
1:25K map: SE6335
1:10K map: SE63NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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