YORYM-25D943: Early-Medieval : Vessel Sherd

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VESSEL

Unique ID: YORYM-25D943

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A ceramic body sherd of Anglian or Anglo-Scandinavian date. The fabric is a light coarseware and dark grey at the core, oxidised to a pale brown at the surface. The interior surface is missing. Calcite is frequent and ill-sorted in the fabric (1.0-3.0mm) and visible at the surface. Other inclusions include spare iron-rich rounded grits (4.0mm), sparse mica, and rare clay pellets (1.0-2.0mm).

The vessel fragment is 27.3mm long, 19.7mm wide, 7.4mm thick and weighs 4.3g.

Anglo-Scandinavia

AD700-1000

Report by

Adam Parker

Assistant Curator of Archaeology, Yorkshire Museum

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 1000

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27.3 mm
Width: 19.7 mm
Thickness: 7.4 mm
Weight: 4.3 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Rudston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TA0967
Four figure Latitude: 54.08737988
Four figure longitude: -0.33511389
1:25K map: TA0967
1:10K map: TA06NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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