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VESSEL

Unique ID: DOR-B72865

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

One sherd of black burnished ware (Poole/Wareham fabric). Reduced black fabric with abundant rounded quartz sand temper. The surfaces are quite abraded, but there are traces of burnish on both the interior and exterior surfaces. A curving rim sherd from a lid (WA type 25). The rim has a dropped flange is handmade and abraded. This form is present from the early 3rd century to the 4th century (Seagar-Smith, R, and Davies, S 1993, Roman Pottery, p. 235 in Excavations at Greyhound Yard, Dorchester 1981 - 4, by Peter J Woodward, Susan M Davies and Alan H Graham, Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Monograph 12. P202 - 289).

Date: Roman - 3rd to 4th century

Weight: 13.95 g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32.2 mm
Width: 40.8 mm
Thickness: 14.85 mm
Weight: 13.85 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010 - Friday 30th April 2010

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Burnished

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Marnhull (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST7920
Four figure Latitude: 50.979022
Four figure longitude: -2.300505
1:25K map: ST7920
1:10K map: ST72SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Minimal cultivation

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Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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