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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-91B8B0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A base sherd from a Roman ceramic vessel. It is the base of a small vessel such as a flask or beaker and it probably dates from 150 - 300 AD. The fabric is coarse and fairly soft. It is reduced and light grey in colour. The inclusions are generally very small. They include red and grey particles (grit?) and smaller pieces of quartz. The texture is fine, but the breaks are a little abraded. Only the base of the vessel survives. It is concave and has a diameter of 4.5cm. The side walls slope inwards to the break. Compare the flasks and beakers on page 8-12 of Gillam's "Types of Roman Coarse Pottery Vessels in Northern Britain".
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 16 mm
Weight: 29.2 g
Diameter: 44.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 10th February 2011 - Thursday 9th February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1765
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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Holme upon Spalding Moor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8235
Four figure Latitude: 53.804843
Four figure longitude: -0.756343
1:25K map: SE8235
1:10K map: SE83NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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