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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-10CBC1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a Medieval (12th to 13th century) jug handle and one other vessel sherds in a similar fabric. Grey to mid buff fabric with greensand chert, coarse sand and limestone temper. The limestone is c.10% of the fabric and large, the largest piece being 5.6mm across but most is smaller than 3.6mm. The coarse sand is abundant, up to 25% of the fabric. Greenstone chert is an occasional inclusion (less than 5%) up to 2.5mm across.
The handle fragment is a rod handle, oval in section with three 'V' shaped stabbed grooves along the outer side to ensure a good and even firing. It is a section from the middle of the handle and has been broken at both ends. It measures 65.6mm long, 26.8mm wide, 23.8mm thick and weighs 47.95g. The other sherd is very worn and abraded so the form of the vessel is unclear; it may be a base sherd. It weighs 20.17g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 68.12 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 020890
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Misterton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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