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Unique ID: NARC-3DAF77

Object type certainty: Certain

A body sherd of a Roman greyware vessel. This type of greyware is typically also know as Alice Holt ware and was produced in the New Forest Region before being exported across Roman Britain from the 1st to 4th centuries AD.

This body sherd is slightly convex, and is likely to be from a standard household jar. The fabric is a coarse sandy fabric with few inclusions (5%), and the outer surface has a mottled grey effect.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 350

Dimensions and weight

Length: 48 mm
Width: 55 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 19.26 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Wheel made [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Northamptonshire
District: Kettering
Parish: Geddington

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SP9185
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Other chance find [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Julie Cassidy - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Julie Cassidy - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Thursday 9th February 2012
    Updated: Thursday 9th February 2012

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