NMGW-7813F7: Roman glass vessel neck fragment

Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

BOTTLE

Unique ID: NMGW-7813F7

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Roman glass vessel neck fragment, probably of late 1st or 2nd century AD date The vessel is incomplete and is represented by the neck only with a surviving height of 18.30mm. The rim is irregular and damaged; it curves outward to produce a rim diameter of 26.82mm. The neck is short (10.5mm) with a diameter of 17.91mm. The shoulder of the vessel is at a near-right angle to the neck. The rim and neck form would suggest a bottle. The glass is blue green and translucent, but not clear. The vessel neck weighs 6.2g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 18.3 mm
Weight: 6.2 g
Diameter: 26.82 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2005

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA 2005.159.1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Glass
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Wales (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Nicholas and Bonvilston (Community)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST0773
Four figure Latitude: 51.44832263
Four figure longitude: -3.33967676
1:25K map: ST0773
1:10K map: ST07SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: SWYOR-6E20D3
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: ROMAN
An assemblage of 13 glass bottle fragments of probable Roman date, AD 43 - 410. There are 8 rims, four neck gragments and one base. 1. The…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: SF-3B3962
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Four fragments of Roman vessels, the first three from blue/green bottles. Blue/green bottles were used primarily as containers for storage an…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: KENT-E0F864
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: ROMAN
A fragment of Roman glass bottle dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD. Description: The fragment survives as the rim, neck and a small sect…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Timeline of associated dates

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: NMGW
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.