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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-749813
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A sherd from a hand made (not wheel-thrown) ceramic vessel of unknown date. The sherd is a wall sherd and is strongly curved, suggesting it is from a small globular vessel. The striations in the clay are not uni-directinal as in wheel thrown pots, and instead, there are deep finger marks showing where clay has been pushed, perhaps into a mould? The outer face is very smooth but has small flat areas. The reverse is uneven and wiped in different directions. There appear to be two layers of clay forming the wall of the vessel. The fabric is hard and has fine but worn breaks. The surface is smooth and silky. It is buff pink throughout with small grey and red flecks as inclusions. There are very small splashes of possible white paint on the surface - these are probably modern, the sherd has been stored for about 30 years since discovery.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60.93 mm
Width: 50 mm
Thickness: 9.81 mm
Weight: 35.16 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1980 - Sunday 1st January 1984
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1747
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: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Illingworth and Mixenden (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE0629
Four figure Latitude: 53.75732671
Four figure longitude: -1.91047686
1:25K map: SE0629
1:10K map: SE02NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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