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VESSEL
Unique ID: DOR-A242A4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of glass vessel base. Pale green semi-opaque glass.The base has a deep, domed indentation and only small areas of the heel of the base remain. Around the centre of the indentation is a sharp raised edge where the glass of the lower part is thicker. The vessel is thin-walled and has a high density of bubbles visible.
Date: Possibly Roman - 1st to 4th century
Dimensions: 52.96 mm x 40.51 mm x 7.76 mm
Weight: 5.87 g
Class: Bottle
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 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.96 mm
Width: 40.51 mm
Thickness: 7.76 mm
Weight: 5.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 24th January 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 020798
Materials and construction
Primary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Fifehead Magdalen (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7820
Four figure Latitude: 50.97898407
Four figure longitude: -2.31474914
1:25K map: ST7820
1:10K map: ST72SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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