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VESSEL
Unique ID: NLM-50F07D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead vessel repair or pot mend. A small thick plug with lightly waisted sides suggesting it had mended a vessel wall of thickness c.3-4mm. Fiercely abraded and patinated. The small size may hint at a Roman date. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.
Diameter: 20.8mm, Thickness: 11.0mm, Weight: 20.74gms
Class: Pot Mend
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 20.74 g
Diameter: 20.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37317
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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