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VESSEL
Unique ID: ESS-DA8A32
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a ceramic vessel, likely to be a jug. The fragment consists of part of a handle. The fabric is a dark grey, hard and has a smooth texture. There are long, thin voids visible in the breaks, possibly indicating a grass or straw temper. In addition, there are well very small rounded silver mica inclusions comprising of less that 5% of the breaks. The fragment is oval in section, tapering in width from one end to the other. The break at the widest point is old and worn whilst the narrow break is more recent. The fragment is of uncertain type and therefore difficult to date. Silver mica is indicative of Essex and East Anglian vessels at all periods.
It measures 75.6mm in length, 48.3mm in width at the widest end and 30.8mm at the narrowest end, is 21.8mm in thickenss and weighs 68.1g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 75.6 mm
Width: 48.3 mm
Thickness: 21.8 mm
Weight: 68.1 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: CIMS OEF 7280
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
Parish or ward: Fordham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9328
Four figure Latitude: 51.91707204
Four figure longitude: 0.8049345
1:25K map: TL9328
1:10K map: TL92NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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