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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-46DF1A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete fragment of a cast copper-alloy cooking vessel or cauldron leg of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1100-1850. The leg fragment is sub-rectangular in plan with the sides tapering very slightly towards each other, rectangular in profile, and trapezoidal in section. The front of the object is decorated with two parallel vertical grooves creating a ribbed effect. The reverse is flat and undecorated. There are breaks at top and bottom of the object. The upper break is horizontal and the lower break is a slight diagonal, leaving the left side of the object longer than the right.
While it is not possible to allocate this fragment to a specific type it is likely to be from a large cooking vessel and dates from c.AD 1100 to c.AD 1850 when the use of cast iron cooking vessels predominates.
The metal has a greenish-brown patina and is worn. The fragment is 58.4mm long, 41.7mm wide, 16.3mm thick and weighs 158g.
Similar objects have been recorded on the database as LVPL-3C608D, YORYM-D6E32C, and YORYM-F9B9B5.
Vessel legs of this type are discussed and illustrated in Butler, Green, and Payne (2009), p.4 and p.6, fig. 4.
Ref: Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N., 2009 Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 41
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: 58.4 mm
Width: 41.7 mm
Thickness: 16.3 mm
Weight: 158 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05750
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Ebberston and Yedingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8979
Four figure Latitude: 54.19903958
Four figure longitude: -0.63723019
1:25K map: SE8979
1:10K map: SE87NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. | 2009 | Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels | York | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 41 | p.4, and p.6, fig.4. | ||
| Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. | 2009 | Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels | York | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 41 | p.6 | fig. 4. | |
| Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. | 2009 | Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels | York | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 41 | p.6 | fig. 4. |
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