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MORTARIUM
Unique ID: PUBLIC-D3F428
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A large base fragment from a Roman mortaria, c. 3rd century AD. The fabric is hard to the touch with fine infrequent ironstone inclusions less than 1mm in diameter. It is light pinkish-brown in colour. The inner surface is gritted with grog and rounded multicolored flint and quartz which would indicate the use of grit from a water course.
Notes:
This sherd was identified by ceramicist Malcolm Lyne with Alan Charman.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 79.42 mm
Width: 75.82 mm
Thickness: 25.24 mm
Weight: 149.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 3rd August 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
To be known as: Udimore
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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