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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-75F983
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy vessel mend of medieval to post-medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1850. The object is formed form a sub-rectangular sheet of metal. The ends of the sheet have been folded into the middle and the very tips bent back outward. This object would have been fitted to a break in a vessel to seal the gap.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The vessel mend is 43.9mm long, 18.8mm wide, 3.8mm thick and weighs 5.9g
Class: Mend
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: 43.9 mm
Width: 18.8 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 5.9 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05436
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ellerker (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9230
Four figure Latitude: 53.75824614
Four figure longitude: -0.60603378
1:25K map: SE9230
1:10K map: SE93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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