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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-BD5764
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Decorated body sherd of Central Gaulish Roman Samian ware pottery. The fragment has a curved profile and is likely to be a bowl form, probably a Dragendorff 37 form. The decoration includes the common ovolo edge decoration at the top of the piece. Below this is a human form on the right and a panther on the left with a bird in a festoon (possibly a peacock) below. The decoration is divided into panels. The piece measures 59.52mm in length, 68.69mm in width and 6.2mm in thickness. It weighs 31.05g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59.52 mm
Width: 68.69 mm
Thickness: 6.2 mm
Weight: 31.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2005 - Friday 1st July 2005
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: East Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Barton-under-Needwood (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1818
Four figure Latitude: 52.75931021
Four figure longitude: -1.73471313
1:25K map: SK1818
1:10K map: SK11NE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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