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VESSEL
Unique ID: BERK-E46465
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A base sherd from a Roman vessel with a pedestal base. The sherd is Oxford Colour-Coated ware and dates from the c. 4th century AD. The sherd is abraded and worn but the underside retains a potter's stamp. Although the stamp is worn it appears to read: I X I II X I V II. Several examples of stamps using crosses and vertical lines are recorded in Young (2000), and a similar stamp reading I X I X III I X V II was used at Cowley. The wear to the base sherd may be hindering a correct reading of the stamp. The form of the vessel is uncertain however it may have been a bowl.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 14.69 mm
Weight: 63.8 g
Diameter: 66.14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st July 2013 - Wednesday 4th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2013.269
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Holton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6107
Four figure Latitude: 51.75837374
Four figure longitude: -1.11761169
1:25K map: SP6107
1:10K map: SP60NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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