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Unique ID: HESH-5FC6A4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An incomplete rectangular fragment of worked white marble, probably from the outside of a mausoleum or tomb structure, of Roman dating (1st to 4th Centuries AD).
The fragment consists of a rectangular piece of marble, with three smooth sides and three irregular sides (old breaks where it has broken off from a larger piece of marble).
It measures 55.25mm in length, 41.44mm wide and 18.03mm thick. It weighs 99.14 grams.
Roger White (University of Birmingham) has identified this as a fragment of marble from the outside of a mausoleum or similar tomb structure. It was found from alongside one of the Roman roads leading away from the Roman town of Wroxeter, close to a river crossing. Roadside cemeteries, with large mausoleums facing the roads, are a common feature of all Roman towns.
Class: cladding
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 90
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.25 mm
Width: 41.44 mm
Thickness: 18.03 mm
Weight: 99.14 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wroxeter and Uppington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ5608
Four figure Latitude: 52.667915
Four figure longitude: -2.652075
1:25K map: SJ5608
1:10K map: SJ50NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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