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VESSEL
Unique ID: BERK-B60873
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A coper alloy fragment of a Medieval pot leg c. 13th - 14th century AD. The section is 'D' shaped and the fragment includes the joint face with the lower portion of the foot missing. The curved surface has vertical liner groves and the piece has an eroded surface with a dark green patina. This foot would likely have been attached to a posnet or small cooking pot.
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
Length: 29 mm
Width: 14 mm
Weight: 24.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 7th September 2013
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Segsbury Camp, Wantage, Oxon 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Wantage (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3984
Four figure Latitude: 51.55354532
Four figure longitude: -1.43889257
1:25K map: SU3984
1:10K map: SU38SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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