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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-8E4DA7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A rim sherd and a wall sherd of a ceramic vessel, not necessarily from the same vessel. The fabric is hard and the texture is laminated. The outer surface is smooth and black (burnished?) and the inner surface is rougher and has a pink tinge. The inclusions are mainly poorly sorted quartz with some black particles. It has been suggested that this is Rossington Bridge Black Burnished ware. The vessel has a narrow collar and a flared rim. The body sherd is 29.2mm long, 26.3mm wide and 6.1mm thick. It weighs 4.57gm. The rim sherd is 41.1mm long, 34mm wide and 16.6mm thick. It weighs 12.27gm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Length: 29.2 mm
Width: 26.3 mm
Thickness: 6.1 mm
Weight: 4.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2009 - Monday 1st June 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: box 1 number 15
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Sykehouse (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6417
Four figure Latitude: 53.645603
Four figure longitude: -1.033334
1:25K map: SE6417
1:10K map: SE61NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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