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VESSEL
Unique ID: WAW-E64731
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman rim sherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel: The sherd is a rim sherd, in a fabric similar to, or is that known as Severn Valley ware. This type of pottery was produced throughout the Roman Period, in the Severn Valley area, and typically consisted of jars, jugs, flagons and tankards. This is probably from a jar. It weighs 4.6g.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: Severn Valley Ware or oxidised ware
Sherd type: rim sherd
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior
Inclusions: fine mica
Hardness: fairly hard but the surface is powdery.
Surface texture: Smooth
Condition of sherds: slightly abraded.
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 402
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd September 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Kineton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3450
Four figure Latitude: 52.14724688
Four figure longitude: -1.50453522
1:25K map: SP3450
1:10K map: SP35SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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