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VESSEL

Unique ID: WMID-2FB508

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A bodysherd of a handmade ceramic vessel. The sherd is 15.63mm thick and weighs 14.8g. It is 35.58mm long and 34.50mm wide. The sherd consists of a bodysherd, in a fabric is similar to that published as SH2 (sparse, coarse fossil shell 'variant') in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD). Sherd specific details: Fabric type: Sparse fossil shell Sherd type: bodysherd Wall thickness: 15.63mm Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior Hardness: Hard Surface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy. Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded Sherd/fragment was not photographed.

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: 500 BC
Date to: AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.58 mm
Width: 34.5 mm
Thickness: 15.63 mm
Weight: 14.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 4th April 2008

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Brailes

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
To be known as: Brailes

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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