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VESSEL
Unique ID: NMS-2A91C7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval to post medieval fragment of a handle from a vessel, probably a cauldron, dating to the period c. AD 1100 - 1850. At one end, the object is triangular in section and comprises a small part of the vessel wall from which the handle projects. The handle tapers along its length and becomes oval in section, terminating in a worn break.
According to Butler, Green and Payne (2009), "From about AD 1100, cast copper alloy vessels...were commonly used for downhearth cooking, with the vessel sitting among the embers or suspended over the fire. All but the poorest medieval or post-medieval households would have had at least one metal cooking vessel....These vessels gradually passed out of use between 1700 and 1850, superseded by cast iron pots...".
Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. 2009 'Cast copper-alloy cooking vessels' Finds Research Group AD700-1700 Datasheet 41
Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.6 mm
Width: 17.22 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2016 - Wednesday 22nd June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61362
Other reference: IND23062016ED
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Near Diss
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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