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VESSEL
Unique ID: NLM-B2F38F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy vessel fragment. Cast cauldron or pipkin foot, of concavo-convex section, slightly tapered, with five low longitudinal ridges on the outer side, representing the folds between an animal's paw pads, and with a slight horizontal swelling above representing the ankle. Broken at its top end. The hollow retains traces of sooting. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350.
Height: 31.1mm, Width: 24.9mm, Thickness: 12.1mm, Weight: 35.71gms.
Class: Cauldron Leg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 31.1 mm
Width: 24.9 mm
Thickness: 12.1 mm
Weight: 35.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM28694
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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