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VESSEL

Unique ID: YORYM-31A7E5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A fragment of a handmade ceramic vessel of middle to late Iron Age date (500 BC - 100 AD). The fragment is a body sherd from a probable jar or bowl with a hard abraded reduced fabric of a dark brownish-black colour with a buff exterior. Frequent large low sphericity hard quartzite inclusions are present as temper in the clay.
The fragment is 90.4mm long, 68.1mm wide, 11.9mm thick and weighs 84g.

Class: hard reduced
Sub class: jar or bowl

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 500 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 90.4 mm
Width: 68.1 mm
Thickness: 11.9 mm
Weight: 84 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: Roos

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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