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VESSEL
Unique ID: HESH-4DA887
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Rim sherd of a relatively thin walled coarseware pottery 'Severn Valley' vessel. The sherd dates to the Roman period (50 - 410), however, not enough of the sherd survives to be certain of the form or size and without this a more specific date is difficult. The rim has a swollen out-turned rim. The fabric is relatively soft with a number of angular and sub-angular quartz, grit and ironstone inclusions. The fabric also contains considerable inclusions of mica / sand. The fabric colour is a uniform mid orange colour. A suggested diameter of the rim is 22cm, and the sherd represents only 5% of the rim. The height or capacity of the vessel cannot be estimated. The sherd measures: 33.9mm length, 17.3mm width, is 7.8mm thick (rim), 3.9mm thick (body), and weighs 4.17 grams.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 50
Date to: AD 450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.9 mm
Width: 17.8 mm
Thickness: 7.8 mm
Weight: 4.17 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Edvin Loach
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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