Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WAW-6803B3
Object type certainty: Certain
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One rimsherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel.
The rimsherd consists of a fabric similar to that known as Severn Valley ware, dating from the 2nd to 4th Centuries AD. The sherd probably originally came from a jar type vessel.
The sherd measures 5.3mm thick and weighs 33.8 grams.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: Severn Valley Ware
Sherd type: Rimsherd
Rim diameter: 17cm
Sherd thickness: 5.3mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior
Hardness: Medium
Surface texture: Powdery
Surface treatment: none.
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 400
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 33.8 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd October 2012 - Monday 7th January 2013
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Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SP0474
Four figure Latitude: 52.36404
Four figure longitude: -1.942682
1:25K map: SP0474
1:10K map: SP07SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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