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VESSEL
Unique ID: LEIC-6BE040
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An undiagnostic body sherd of Early - Middle Bronze Age ceramic vessel, dating to c. 2350 - 1000 BC. The outer fabric is brown with a slightly red tint, the interior fabric is very dark, almost black. It has an oxidised dark grey core. There are abundant of large stone/flint inclusions and some small pitted voids.
Thickness: 17.86 mm
Weight: 22.32 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 17.86 mm
Weight: 22.32 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: RCM 0607
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Oadby and Wigston (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6198
Four figure Latitude: 52.57640466
Four figure longitude: -1.10128399
1:25K map: SP6198
1:10K map: SP69NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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