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VESSEL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-CE1957
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of Roman pottery from the rim of a large storage pot. The rim has a orange grey colouring, being reduced Severn Valley Ware. This fragment was 8% of the rim, and the pot's outer diameter was 36cm. The vessel wall is 16.9mm thick. The fabric contains bits of ground pot as temper, flecks of white disolved Ollite limestone and grey/black inclusions.
The fragment is 88mm long by 54mm wide.
The fragment weighs 105g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 88 mm
Width: 54 mm
Thickness: 16.9 mm
Weight: 105 g
Diameter: 360 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brampton Abbotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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