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VESSEL

Unique ID: LVPL-0E75F1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Small fragment of Roman Samian ware. It is a body sherd measuring 19mm by 18mm. It has broken on all sides and also split, the slip is only present on one face. Some Samian ware was produced in Britain in Colchester c.160AD but in the rest of the Roman empire it was produced from the 1st century BC up to the 3rd century AD. There is no way to know whether this pottery was imported or made in Britain.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: AD 300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.3 g

Discovery dates

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

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: NORTH YORKSHIRE

Spatial coordinates

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

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Simon wrote @ 14:04:05 on the 8th July 2011.
Looking at the photo it looks like South Gaul Region as many had white flecks in the core of the pot and this to me has the same inclusions as the ones I have studied in the past.

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Updated: 13 years ago

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