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VESSEL
Unique ID: SF-C78276
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
The incomplete base from an Oxford colour coated (OXRC) ware vessel of Roman date. Approximately three quarters of the base and lower parts of the vessel survive intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. It has worn surfaces now missing their colour coat, with hard fabric fired grey at the core and with few red or white inclusions, possibly with traces of mica. It measures 86.29mm in base diameter, 89.87mm in width, 62.66mm in length, 15.71mm in height and 99.44g in weight. It is of late Roman date, probably c.4th century AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62.66 mm
Height: 15.71 mm
Width: 89.87 mm
Weight: 99.44 g
Diameter: 86.29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Kedington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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