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VESSEL
Unique ID: ESS-6893A0
Object type certainty: Certain
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One sherd of a fineware pottery vessel of early Roman date. Part of the foot-ring base of a Terra Nigra jar. This is a wheel-thrown vessel. The fabric is mid grey in colour, well-fired and smooth to the touch. The surface is dark grey and has been burnished. Length 33mm, thickness of the foot-ring 4.58mm, weight 6.9g. Using a rim chart it can be calculated that the base would have been 90mm in diameter.
'Terra Nigra' was produced in Gaul during the late 1st century BC into the 1st century AD and was imported from Gaul into Britain in the first century AD (circa AD 43-70). The items produced in this material were fine table wares for serving food & drink.
Class:
Ceramic
Sub class: Terra Nigra
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 70
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Thickness: 4.58 mm
Weight: 6.9 g
Rally details.
This object was found at Boxted
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Colchester Museum object entry form no. 6256
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Burnished
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Langham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0132
Four figure Latitude: 51.950161
Four figure longitude: 0.923434
1:25K map: TM0132
1:10K map: TM03SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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