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VESSEL

Unique ID: SOMDOR-168CA1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A small abraded body sherd of Romano-British Black Burnished Ware datable only to the 1st-3rd centuries AD. The fabric is dark grey in colour with a brown-grey internal and brown external surface. Inclusions include frequent fine quartz, moderate angular flint (<3mm), and occasional iron. The surfaces may have a patchy dark grey slip. It is probably of Greyhound Yard variant fabric 1Bi, possibly deriving from the East Devon/South Somerset region during the 1st-3rd centuries AD. The sherd measures 30.23 x 20.80 x 5.67mm thick and weighs 4.68g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 299

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.23 mm
Width: 20.8 mm
Thickness: 5.67 mm
Weight: 4.68 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 26th October 2006

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Sandford Orcas

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Seager Smith, R. and Davies, S.M.	1993	Black Burnished Ware Type Series - The Roman Pottery from Excavations at Greyhound Yard, Dorchester, Dorset 1981-4	Dorchester	DNH&AS	249-51

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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