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VESSEL
Unique ID: WMID-721B52
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A rimsherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel.
The sherd is 6.20mm thick and weighs 4.4g. It is 10.63mm long and 19.14mm wide.
The sherd consists of a rimsherd, in a fabric is similar to that known as Savernake, a locally produced grog tempered greyware, produced in the Savernake forest area of Wiltshire during the Late 1st Century into the 2nd Century. The rim type is consistent with a large storage jar type vessel. Rimsherd has been burnt.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: Savernake
Sherd type: rimsherd
Rim type: EVR (Everted Rounded)
Rim diameter: 22cm
% of Rim present: 2%
Wall thickness: 6.20mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior
Hardness: hard
Surface texture: Smooth
Condition of sherds: slightly abraded.
Bodysherd was photographed.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 10.63 mm
Width: 19.14 mm
Thickness: 6.2 mm
Weight: 4.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd April 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Brailes
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Brailes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3041
Four figure Latitude: 52.066565
Four figure longitude: -1.56378
1:25K map: SP3041
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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