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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-643EDD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy pot mend from a ceramic vessel of uncertain date, AD 43 - 1700. The mend if roughly oval and is H shaped in cross section, being two discs joined by a central stem that went through the hole in the pot. A fragment of soft, light orange ceramic survives within the mend, but is abraded. One face of the mend has on oval depression and a clear thumbprint impressed in it. The mend is 29mm long, 25.6mm wide and 7.5mm thick. 23.57g.
Class: Pot mend
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 25.6 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 23.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 15th August 2015 - Monday 7th September 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2689
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Beal (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5324
Four figure Latitude: 53.70974077
Four figure longitude: -1.1985203
1:25K map: SE5324
1:10K map: SE52SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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