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Unique ID: BH-C0C3F7
Object type certainty: Certain
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A largely complete Roman ceramic vessel.
The vessel is of flattened-subglobular form, with a flat base and a straight rim with angled inner surface. A circular-sectioned spout (probably foreshortened) angles upwards from a short distance below the rim. The fabric is yellowish-grey and heavily sand tempered. There is a small amount of damage to the body of the vessel. A mussel shell which survives within the pot is likely to be the result of the depositional conditions - the object was recovered from material dredged from the river Ouse - rather than being a Roman insertion. Off-white concretions adhere to the inner surface of the rim of the vessel; these may also be the result of its depositional circumstances.
Height: 80.3mm; maximum width (including spout): 95.6mm; diameter of base: 40.5mm. Weight: 154.63g.
Liz Pieksma (pers. comm.) identifies this vessel as an infant's feeding cup and suggests a date of late 1st century AD, based on its similarity to pottery found in excavations at nearby Ursula Taylor School, Clapham, Bedfordshire (Dawson 1988).
This is a find of note and has been designated: Potential for inclusion in Britannia
Class: Infant's feeding cup
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 100
Quantity: 1
Height: 80.3 mm
Width: 95.6 mm
Weight: 154.63 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 1970
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Other reference: Bedford 3186
4 Figure: TL0351
Four figure Latitude: 52.14769238
Four figure longitude: -0.49610671
1:25K map: TL0351
1:10K map: TL05SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Dawson, M. | 1988 | Excavations at Ursula Taylor Lower School | Bedford | Bedfordshire Archaeological Council |