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VESSEL
Unique ID: WMID-52D192
Object type certainty: Certain
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A bodysherd of a handmade ceramic vessel. The sherd is 16.37mm thick and weighs 10.5g. It is 29.21mm long and 24.48mm wide. The sherd consists of a bodysherd, in a fabric is similar to that published as SH1 (Standard common fossil shell type) in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD). Sherd specific details: Fabric type: frequent fossil shell Sherd type: bodysherd Wall thickness: 16.37mm Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior. Hardness: Hard Decoration: An incised line, 2.61mm wide and 1.18mm deep is present on the exterior of the sherd. Surface texture: Slightly soapy. Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded Sherd/fragment was photographed. Reference: Coleman, L., Hancocks, A., and Watts, M. 2006 Excavations on the Wormington to Tirley Pipeline, 2000. Four sites by the Carrant Brook and River Isbourne, Gloucestershire and Worchestershire. Cotswold Archaeology Monograph No. 3. Cirencester McSloy, E.R. 2006 The Pottery pp37-57 in Coleman, Hancocks and Watts 2006
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: 29.21 mm
Width: 24.48 mm
Thickness: 16.37 mm
Weight: 10.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th March 2007
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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.
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