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VESSEL
Unique ID: IOW-EDDF77
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Medieval strap handle for a ceramic vessel (1200-1400).
This fragment is the upper part of the handle which abutted the rim. It is smooth on the upper face and has seven deep grooves on the underside.
This sherd is buff and is tempered with rounded sand. The breaks are old. There is no indication of any glazing.
Length: 73.0mm; width: 50.1mm; thickness: 26.1mm. Weight: 72.17g.
Class: Handle
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1200
Date to: Exactly AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 73 mm
Width: 50.1 mm
Thickness: 26.1 mm
Weight: 72.17 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 20th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-4-202
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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