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VESSEL

Unique ID: DUR-501611

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Small body sherd of Nene Valley ware, a colour coated Roman pottery type.

It is triangular in plan. The fabric is an orange colour with the inside suface covered in a greyishslip and the outer in a brown slip. The outer surface also has moulded decoration, in the form of dots, possibly Barbotine in style

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: 20 mm
Width: 17 mm
Weight: 1.6 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Slipped

Spatial metadata

Region: North East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bishop Auckland (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: NZ2131
Four figure Latitude: 54.673634
Four figure longitude: -1.675879
1:25K map: NZ2131
1:10K map: NZ23SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
Discovery circumstances: Whilst walking past a badger sett
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland
Specific landuse: Disturbed

References cited

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Recording Institution: DUR
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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