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VESSEL
Unique ID: WAW-291350
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
One basesherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessels of an imported Roman pottery type.
The sherd measures 17.10mm thick and weighs 49.3 grams. It is 61.23mm in length and 53.12mm wide.
The sherds have a coarse, pale oxidised fabric, with a reduced core. This fabric type is consistent with Roman amphorae types. This pottery type is broadly consistent with the Roman occupation of Britain, 1st to 4th Centuries AD (AD 43-410).
A vessel type can not be identified from the abraded basesherd present.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: pale coarse orange fabric
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior.
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Smooth, slightly powdery
Condition of sherds: Abraded.
Sherd has been photographed.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61.23 mm
Width: 53.12 mm
Thickness: 17.1 mm
Weight: 49.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th July 2005
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Tysoe
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Tysoe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3545
Four figure Latitude: 52.102234
Four figure longitude: -1.490434
1:25K map: SP3545
1:10K map: SP34NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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