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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-7117B2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of the base of a Roman Samian Ware vessel, probably of East Gaulish manufacture. Around a quarter of the base of the vessel survives, this rises slightly towards the centre of the upper face. On what would have been the inside of the vessel are what appears to be the letter M or W - the makers mark. There may have been other letters, though these are now illegible. The small size of the fragment makes it had to determine the shape of the original vessel. However, given its shape it may possibly belong to a plate or dish of Dragendorff form 15 to 31, dating to the mid 1st to mid 2nd century AD. The fragment is heavily worn and much of the surface is missing. Mid orange colour with reddish-orange slip. Length: 72.9mm, Width: 46.0mm Weight: 35.1g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 50
Date to: AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 72.9 mm
Width: 46 mm
Weight: 35.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 5th January 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Entry 020361
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Near Bradford Abbas
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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