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VESSEL
Unique ID: NMS-48A648
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two fragments of medieval to post-medieval cast cooper alloy cooking vessels, both sooted, weight 273g, 14th - 17th century:
- Incomplete leg of trapezoidal cross-section but with a strong median rib, tapering to a missing and probably pointed foot. Extant length 71.5mm. Width 39.2 - 34.4 at the top and 21.3 at the break. Thickness 23mm at the top (excluding rib) and 5mm at the break. Weight 236g.
- Lower leg of sub-rectangular cross-section and foot. Extant length 25mm. Width and thickness at break 25.2 and 7.8mm. Footprint width and length 27 x 14.7. Weight 37g.
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: 2
Weight: 273 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th April 2015 - Thursday 24th September 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59895
Other reference: DP092015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Salthouse (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0843
Four figure Latitude: 52.94405745
Four figure longitude: 1.09424519
1:25K map: TG0843
1:10K map: TG04SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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