LANCUM-9A5BD4: Roman Samian Vessel Body Sherd

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VESSEL

Unique ID: LANCUM-9A5BD4

Object type certainty: Certain
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Wheel thrown body sherd of a Roman samian fine ware vessel. This sherd is plain with no decoration. The fabric is pink-orange and there is a portion of the red-orange slip remaining. Possibly imported central Gaulish ware and formed part of a bowl.

Class: Sherd of a

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 210

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 7.66 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Slipped

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: South Ribble (District)
Parish or ward: Walton-le-Dale (District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SD5528
Four figure Latitude: 53.74642
Four figure longitude: -2.683827
1:25K map: SD5528
1:10K map: SD52NE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
de la Bedoyere, G. 2000 Pottery in Roman Britain Princes Risborough Shire Publications 18-24
Laing, L. 2003 Pottery In Britain 4000BC-AD1900: A Guide To Identifying Pot Sherds Essex Greenlight Publishing 51-55

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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