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VESSEL
Unique ID: NLM-A67F96
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pottery
Four sherds of a heavily shell-tempered fabric from the wall (three sherds) and flat-bottomed base (one sherd) of a probably hand-thrown vessel. The inside surfaces are orange-buff in colour with prominent flecking from the shelly inclusions, but fracture surfaces reveal a dark grey reduced core. The base sherd could indicate these to be later, Middle Saxon, sherds; it suggests a basal diameter of circa 170mm. Sandra Firth kindly suggests this is an example of Maxey Ware, a Middle Saxon fabric dated 680-870. Suggested date: Early Medieval: 680 to 870.
Lengths: 50mm, 48mm, 46mm, 42mm. Thickness of vessel wall: 7.5mm. Combined Weight: 62.91gms.
Class: Handmade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 680
Date to: Circa AD 870
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 4
Weight: 62.91 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM14449
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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