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VESSEL
Unique ID: WAW-BCCD67
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A bodysherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel.
The sherd is 5.87mm thick and weighs 6.5 grams. It is 29.33mm long and 37.31mm wide.
The sherd consists of a bodysherd in a fabric similar to a fine miscellaneous (unsourced) local grey ware. This Romano-British pottery type typically dates from 2nd to 4th Centuries AD (100-300 AD).
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: fine miscellaneous (unsourced) local grey ware
Thickness: 5.87mm
Firing condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Smooth.
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: 29.33 mm
Width: 37.31 mm
Thickness: 5.87 mm
Weight: 6.5 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: Fragment
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: SP3442
Four figure Latitude: 52.075325
Four figure longitude: -1.505331
1:25K map: SP3442
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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