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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-B75541
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a ceramic vessel of uncertain date. The fragment is a body sherd with hard and coarse fabric of a dark brownish-orange colour. Numerous small quartz inclusions are present within the fabric.
The fragment is 52.5mm long, 23.8mm wide, 10mm thick and weighs 15.5g.
Generic fabric types such as this with no specific diagnostic features can be difficult to date precisely and range from Iron Age to medieval in date. However, it seems probable that this sherd is from a hand made vessel which suggests an earlier date.
Class: Body
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.9 mm
Width: 28.5 mm
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 10.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Ulrome
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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