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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-E64204
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A rim sherd from a large Roman ceramic vessel; greyware. The fabric is soft and irregular with frequent poorly sorted quartz, grit and mica inclusions. It is mid grey throughout. The rim has an internal diameter of 360mm. It is everted, forming a wide downward curving flange. The wall of the vessel is 9.7mm thick.
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: 113.2 mm
Height: 26.8 mm
Width: 37.3 mm
Weight: 115 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Tuesday 31st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2327
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Sykehouse (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6417
Four figure Latitude: 53.64560257
Four figure longitude: -1.03333375
1:25K map: SE6417
1:10K map: SE61NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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