Rights Holder: National Museums Liverpool
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Unique ID: LVPL-789D18
Object type certainty: Probably
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A ceramic probable tile possibly dating from the Roman period. The object is rectangular in plan and cross-section. It is of uneven thickness. The object has been crudely made but is well fired. One face is undulating and irregular and was possibly pushed up against another surface while the opposite face was smoothed. A square incomplete depression on one edge of the irregular face is possibly due to a stick or nail and indicates that it was a wet tile. On the opposite face of the object is an impression probably of a stick measuring 5.88mm in width, 42.27mm in length and 3.39mm in depth. The impression hollow contains linear striations. The rough uneven nature of the object suggests it may have been associated with a wattle and daub structure however this cannot be confirmed. The fabric of the object is bright orange on each face as is the internal fabric of the tile and it has therefore been evenly fired. There are two small white inclusions visible on the 'smoothed' face of the object. Each edge terminates with a break which occurred during antiquity.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Quantity: 1
Length: 77.23 mm
Width: 58.27 mm
Thickness: 24.38 mm
Weight: 119.9 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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