VESSEL

Three bodysherds of probably three different handmade ceramic vessel. Sherd 1 is 6.83mm thick and weighs 4.8g. It is 22.91mm long and 26.74mm wide. Sherd 2 is 10.07mm thick and weighs 13.2g. It is 31.90mm long and 38.72mm wide. Sherd 3 is 8.64mm thick and weighs 2.6g. It is 16.61mm long and 21.00mm wide. Together they weigh 20.6g. The sherd consists of three bodysherds, from three different vessels as suggested by the different thickness,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: Sherd 1: Fabric type: frequent fossil shell Sherd type: bodysherd Wall thickness: 6.83mm Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior Hardness: Medium Surface texture: Slightly soapy. Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded Sherd specific details: Sherd 2: Fabric type: frequent fossil shell Sherd type: bodysherd Wall thickness: 10.07mm Firing condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior Hardness: Medium Surface texture: Slightly soapy. Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded Sherd specific details: Sherd 3: Fabric type: frequent fossil shell Sherd type: bodysherd Wall thickness: 8.64mm Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior Hardness: Medium Surface texture: Slightly soapy. Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded Sherds/fragments were not 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