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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-0DCB61
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper alloy vessel of medieval to post-medieval date. The fragment is part of the rim of a probable cooking vessel and is sub-triangular in plan and rectangular in section swelling slightly to the rim. All the breaks are old and worn and the fragment appears undecorated.
The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The fragment is 46.8mm long, 31.3mm wide, 3.5mm thick and weighs 13.6g.
Crude 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: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.8 mm
Width: 31.3 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 13.6 g
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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)
Parish or ward: Woodmansey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0338
Four figure Latitude: 53.82806767
Four figure longitude: -0.43658085
1:25K map: TA0338
1:10K map: TA03NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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