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VESSEL
Unique ID: NMS-4F579B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval to post medieval foot from a cooking vessel such as a posnet or skillet dating to the period c. AD 1300 - 1700. The leg has a worn break at the top, showing a trapezoidal cross-section. The leg is rectangular with an angled out-turned foot with rounded edges. Traces of sooting are visible across the surface.
The vessels to which these were attached were usually of a tripod form and were widely used from circa AD 1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003) 15, state 'there is evidence that (cast copper alloy) metal cooking vessels became increasingly common during the 13th and 14th centuries'. While certain specialist cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use for longer, 'bronze cauldrons in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century by cast iron which were cheaper to make and more durable' (ibid; 22).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1300
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 17.7 mm
Thickness: 9.1 mm
Weight: 15.5 g
Diameter: 17.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd November 2014 - Friday 23rd November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IND23112018JS
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Waveney (District)
Parish or ward: St. Margaret, Ilketshall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM3584
Four figure Latitude: 52.40351199
Four figure longitude: 1.45328375
1:25K map: TM3584
1:10K map: TM38SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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