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VESSEL
Unique ID: DOR-0E15D5
Object type certainty: Certain
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3 sherds of Samian ware (Terra Sigillata). 2 sherds have an oxidised orange fabric with conchoidal fracturing. The red slip coating is orangey red and glossy. The remaining sherd is pinkish red with frequent white inclusions . There are no surfaces remaining on the sherd. All are undiagnostic body sherds. Probably from the central Gaulish manufacturing sites of Lezoux and Les Martres-de-Veyre. All the sherds are abraded and small.
Date: Roman - 1st to late 2nd century
Weight: 11 g
Class:
Coarseware
Sub class: Black Burnished ware
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 180
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Weight: 11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009 - Monday 1st February 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 020332
Materials and construction
Primary material: Earthenware
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Slipped
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Chickerell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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