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VESSEL

Unique ID: ESS-D20FE0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Late Roman pottery vessel sherd, dating from 270-400AD. The sherd is part of a rim from a wheel thrown flanged bowl of grey ware with sand and dispursed small flint inclusions. The breaks are old and worn. The sherd is sub-triangular in cross section. It is 41.10mm long, 22.09mm wide and 13.81mm thick. It weighs 13.97 grams.

Class: Bowl

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 270
Date to: AD 400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 41.1 mm
Width: 22.09 mm
Thickness: 13.81 mm
Weight: 13.97 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finder ref: IMC.1.7.79

Materials and construction

Primary material: Pottery
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
Parish or ward: Mount Bures (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL9031
Four figure Latitude: 51.945044
Four figure longitude: 0.763023
1:25K map: TL9031
1:10K map: TL93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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