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VESSEL
Unique ID: NMS-986332
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy medieval or post-medieval 'paperclip rivet' sheet vessel repair. Measuring 27 x 14.5mm. Likely to date to the medieval or post-medieval period, but some are earlier, such as examples from Late Saxon contexts at Flixborough (Rogers, N. in Evans and Loveluck 2009, 115-7). See also Egan (1998, The Medieval Household, 176).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 14.5 mm
Weight: 2.11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 16th January 2014 - Monday 20th January 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 58460
Other reference: GCMB
Materials and construction
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