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VESSEL
Unique ID: BERK-E5F187
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
rim sherd from a Roman vessel. The sherd is a probable jar and is produced in Oxford White-ware fabric. Slightly grey appearance. The vessel appears to be sooted in places. . When complete, the neck of the vessel would have had a diameter of c. 21cm.
This fine-ware vessel is likely to have been a jar, with the rounded beaded rim suggesting a common form such as Young's (2000) W33. C. AD 50-400 (but possibly more like AD 240-400).
Class:
Oxford White-ware
Sub class: ?jar
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.11 mm
Width: 41.87 mm
Thickness: 5.11 mm
Weight: 9.9 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st July 2013 - Wednesday 4th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2013.272
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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