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Unique ID: WAW-818867
Object type certainty: Certain
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Three bodysherds of a handmade ceramic vessel.
Sherd 1 is 10.24mm thick and weighs 5.4g. It is 22.81mm long and 25.24mm wide.
Sherd 2 is 11.30mm thick and weighs 5.0g. It is 19.05mm long and 24.01mm wide.
Sherd 3 is 12.35mm thick and weighs 13.8g. It is 31.00mm long and 39.53mm wide.
Together all three sherds weigh 24.3g.
The sherds consists of three bodysherds, in a fabric 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 1 specific details:
Fabric type: Frequent fossil shell
Sherd type: bodysherd
Wall thickness: 10.24mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core.
Hardness: Medium
Surface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.
Condition of sherds: slightly abraded.
Sherd 2 specific details:
Fabric type: Frequent fossil shell
Sherd type: bodysherd
Wall thickness: 11.30mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, oxidised core, oxidised interior.
Hardness: Medium
Surface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherd 3 specific details:
Fabric type: Frequent fossil shell
Sherd type: bodysherd
Wall thickness: 12.35mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, oxidised core, oxidised interior.
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherds 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
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 500 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Quantity: 3
Weight: 24.3 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th September 2005
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Other reference: Brailes
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SP3041
Four figure Latitude: 52.066565
Four figure longitude: -1.56378
1:25K map: SP3041
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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