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VESSEL
Unique ID: LIN-4803A4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper alloy leg once attached to a cooking vessel, possibly a cauldron, dating to the late Medieval to Post Medieval period (c. AD 1400-1700). The fragment represents the foot and part of the leg, which terminates in a worn break. There are further breaks diagonally across the 'toes' of the foot. There is a central, rounded rib running the length of the outer face of the foot measuring 10.8mm in width, whilst the inside of the foot and leg is flat. The surface of the object has a rough, mottled and abraded surface, with a mid-green patina. Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database, including: WAW-5089BF; CORN-B1042E; and SUR-E89F64.
The overall dimensions are as follows: 34.06mm in length, 41.62mm in width, 22.44mm in thickness and 137.07g in weight.
Class: Cooking
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.06 mm
Width: 41.62 mm
Thickness: 22.44 mm
Weight: 137.07 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Riseholme (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9874
Four figure Latitude: 53.25397065
Four figure longitude: -0.53254196
1:25K map: SK9874
1:10K map: SK97SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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