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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-5ABAD5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A rim sherd of a ceramic shell tempered vessel probably of Roman date. The fabric is hard and has a hackly texture with prolific poorly sorted shell and grit inclusions (calcite gritted). It is dark grey internally and in the core, shading to reddish brown on the external face. The vessel has a rim diameter of about 380mm and has a very slight irregular bead rim. There is decoration on the outer face of two rows of widely spaced diagonal grooves. A similar single row is on the inside of the rim.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70.7 mm
Width: 87.3 mm
Thickness: 19.4 mm
Weight: 75.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2013 - Sunday 30th June 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2290
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: East Lindsey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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