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VESSEL
Unique ID: SF-939687
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A body sherd from a Nene Valley Colour-Coated ware (NVCM) mortaria with many dark grey/black slag inclusions on the grinding surface. It measures 42.52mm in width, 30.14mm in length, 13.54mm in thickness, and 19.95g in weight. This sherd is of late Roman date, c.3rd-4th centuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 250
Date to: Circa AD 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.14 mm
Width: 42.52 mm
Thickness: 13.54 mm
Weight: 19.95 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: WSW 026
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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