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VESSEL

Unique ID: BERK-C05357

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Roman glass rim sherd from a vessel (circa 43-410 AD). The rim has a curved moulded flange and indicates the vessel was probably a bowl. The glass is pale blue and transparent. Dimensions: length: 17.25mm; weight: 1.18g.

Notes:

Found during the Weekend Wanderers King Alfred the Great Rally 26-28 Aug 2006

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to finder
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 43
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 17.25 mm
Weight: 1.18 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th August 2006

Rally details.

This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - King Alfred the Great 06

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Ticket no. Ylo 283

Materials and construction

Primary material: Glass
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Letcombe Regis

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
Current location: Returned to finder
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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