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VESSEL
Unique ID: KENT-20DFFD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An fragment from the rim of a Medieval (AD 1300-1500) cast copper alloy vessel.
Description: The fragment in profile has a shallow conave curve, the edges are worn at the historic breaks, there is an historic split running parallel to the rim. The outer surface is decorated with raised parallel ridges. There is a triangular spike (height: 22.69mm, width: 12.02-7.25mm, thickness: 8.23mm), protruding from the edge of the rim in line with the body of the fragment this has four flat sides.
Measurements: length: 85.03mm, width: body 41.99mm, thickness: body 1.61mm - rim 3.50mm; the spike: height: 22.69mm, width: 12.02-7.25mm, thickness: 8.23mm, weight: 57.45g.
Similar to PAS database: HESH-2BB631
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 85.03 mm
Height: 22.69 mm
Width: 41.99 mm
Thickness: 1.61 mm
Weight: 57.45 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
Parish or ward: North Downs (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ9453
Four figure Latitude: 51.24317933
Four figure longitude: 0.77805364
1:25K map: TQ9453
1:10K map: TQ95SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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