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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-EC5502
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a wheelspun ceramic vessel of Roman date. The fragment is a body sherd from a grey ware vessel with a hard, fairly coarse and grey fabric. The external surface of the vessel is decorated with a zig zag pattern lightly impressed into the fabric.
The sherd is 48.3mm long, 33.1mm wide, 6.1mm thick and weighs 9.1g.
A similar sherd can be seen on the database as NLM-E78A38 and also in Laing, p.69, no.104.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.3 mm
Width: 33.1 mm
Thickness: 6.1 mm
Weight: 9.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: South Kilvington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laing, L. | 2003 | Pottery In Britain 4000BC-AD1900: A Guide To Identifying Pot Sherds | Essex | Greenlight Publishing | p.69 | no.104 |
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