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VESSEL
Unique ID: NLM-69D7B3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pottery bowl body sherd. Fragment of a Samian Ware bowl, possibly of Dragendorff form 37, with moulded figurative decoration in two compartments separated by a beaded string. In the left compartment is a bear its with head down, below an eight petalled rosette. In the right compartment is part of a figure wearing a tunic; his right leg is raised and rests on a bucket shaped object while the left leg is straight; a right arm appears crooked, and may grasp a [?bucket] handle; there is an open disc below the 'bucket'. Suggested date: early Roman, 100-200.
Weight: 13.95gms.
Class:
Samian Ware
Sub class: possibly Dragendorff form 37
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 13.95 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 8th January 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM21726a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Decoration style: Figurative
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: Preston
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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