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Tessera

Unique ID: DOR-B24655

Object type certainty: Certain

9 coarse limestone tesserae. These are small rough blocks of grey to off-white stone (probably Purbeck limestone). The upper surfaces are worn. The largest is 40 mm x 37 mm x 19 mm and the smallest is 26 mm x 23 mm x 19 mm. Such pieces (often together with blocks of tile) were used to make floors in Roman villas and other buildings. The coarse finish of these and their size mean that these would be used to make the plain borders around finer tesselated floor and mosaics and to floor passage ways etc. Weight: 270 g

Notes:

Part of large assemblage of Roman and later pottery, coins etc.

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 400

Dimensions and weight

Length: 40 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight: 270 g
Quantity: 9

Materials and construction

Primary material: Tile [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Hand made [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South West
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
To be known as: Charlton Horethorne

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th June 2007

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS Entry Number 020193

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    Created: Monday 13th July 2009
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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