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Unique ID: WMID-64C8A2
Object type certainty: Certain
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Two bodysherds of a handmade ceramic vessel.
Sherd 1 is 7.63mm thick and weighs 3.2g. It is 18.02mm long and 23.91mm wide. Sherd 2 is 10.44mm thick and weighs 7.8g. It is 23.50mm long and 32.93mm wide. Together they weigh 10.9g.
The sherd consists of two bodysherds, 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:
Sherd 1:
Fabric type: sparse fossil shell
Sherd type: bodysherd
Wall thickness: 7.63mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior
Hardness: hard
Surface texture: Slightly soapy. Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded
Sherd specific details:
Sherd 2:
Fabric type: sparse fossil shell
Sherd type: bodysherd
Wall thickness: 10.44mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior
Hardness: hard
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
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
Quantity: 2
Weight: 10.9 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 5th October 2005
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Other reference: Brailes
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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