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VESSEL

Unique ID: WAW-606A45

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

The sherd is a rim sherd of a vessel which has been wheel made. The rim forms a wide horizontal plate form, and is broken at he wall, but the angle of the wall suggest a curvaceous neck to the vessel. The fabric is a mid grey colour, with frequent small angular grey grits. The fabric is quite soft. The sherd is likely to date to the Roman period, is perhaps Malvernian Ware, which dated to the 2nd to 4th centuries. www.worcestershireceramics.org

Class: Possibly Malvernian Ware

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.46 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2005 - Sunday 7th August 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Hanbury (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO9663
Four figure Latitude: 52.265146
Four figure longitude: -2.060032
1:25K map: SO9663
1:10K map: SO96SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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