DOR-BFB432: BFB432. Roman pottery: Sherd of Black Burnished ware jar

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Unique ID: DOR-BFB432

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

1 sherd of black burnished ware. Reduced grey fabric with abundant rounded quartz sand temper. The exterior surface is burnished with a plain band of burnish on the upper part and obtuse angle cross hatching below it. Some abrasion. A body sherd from a jar. Date: Roman - 2nd to 3rd century (suggested by the angle of the lattice decoration) Weight: 18 g

Class: Jar

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 18 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 28th August 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Earthenware
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Fifehead Magdalen (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST7821
Four figure Latitude: 50.987976
Four figure longitude: -2.31481
1:25K map: ST7821
1:10K map: ST72SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Minimal cultivation

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

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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