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VESSEL
Unique ID: HAMP-F35F71
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A rim sherd from a later Iron Age coarseware jar dating from approximately 300 BC - AD 100. The jar has a slightly outward turned rim with a flat top and rounded outer edge. Below the short rim the body curved outwards at c.45 degrees. Not enough of the rim remains to estimate the diameter as it is slightly irregular but it indicates a large vessel. The relatively hard fired fabric is only slightly scratched by a finger nail and has a mid-brown core and a dark-brown to black surface with burnishing on the outer side and rim. The fabric has abundant (c.25%) angular flint temper of c. 2.4 - 0.3mm across. The sherd is a rough quadrilateral in form with old breaks.
Class: rim
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54.8 mm
Width: 51.25 mm
Thickness: 13.35 mm
Weight: 41.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 11th March 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2845; 157
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Burnished
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Bighton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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