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VESSEL
Unique ID: BH-BEF497
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An abraded base sherd from a Roman Nene Valley colour-coated vessel.
The underside of the base is flat and the wall of the vessel is near vertical. The core is light grey and the outer fabric pinkish-white, with fine inclusions. A trace of brown slip is visible on the outer surface of the wall, with the remnants of an orange-brown slip on the underside of the base.
Length: 41.5mm; width: 23mm; height: 20.7mm; weight: 10.86g.
A wide range of colour-coated wares were produced at the Nene Valley kilns between the mid 2nd and early 5th centuries AD. The presence of deep rilling on the inner surface of this sherd suggests it is from a closed-form vessel.
Class:
Ceramic
Sub class: Nene Valley colour-coated ware
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.5 mm
Height: 20.7 mm
Width: 23 mm
Weight: 10.86 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/66 - 121
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Slipped
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Wrestlingworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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