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VESSEL
Unique ID: WAW-E76214
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
One (1) bodysherd of a wheelthrown ceramic vessel, probably of Roman dating (1st to 4th Centuries AD).
The sherd is 4.01mm thick and weighs 1.8 grams. It is 25.82mm wide and 18.28mm deep.
The sherd has an pale cream / grey fabric, with a reduced core. No glaze is present. The fabric is suggestive of local (unsourced) greyware. No vessel form can be confidentally identified.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: local (unsourced) greyware
Sherd type: bodysherd
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior.
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Smooth.
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
The 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 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.28 mm
Width: 25.82 mm
Thickness: 4.01 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th February 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Newport and District History Society
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
District: Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Newport (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ7218
Four figure Latitude: 52.758875
Four figure longitude: -2.416343
1:25K map: SJ7218
1:10K map: SJ71NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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