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VESSEL
Unique ID: LANCUM-785835
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Roman body sherd from near base of a closed vessel (such as a cooking pot or storage vessel in unknown reduced ware which is partially oxidised (through burning?) on the exterior dating 2nd to 4th centuryAD. Find recovered after Cumbrian floods the find is abraded and unlikely to be associated with uncovered structures on the floodplain adjacent to and probably associated with a Roman fort. A series of structures are indicated. The length is 72mm, width 48mm, thickness 18mm and the weight is 76.52g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 72 mm
Width: 48 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight: 76.52 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Pottery
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
To be known as: PAPCASTLE
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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