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VESSEL
Unique ID: WMID-86B4C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
One base sherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel, of Medieval dating (AD 1200 to AD 1400).
The base sherd consists of a local miscellaneous (unsourced) cooking pot type fabric, dating from the 11th to 15th Centuries AD. Cooking pot type fabrics tend to be hard fired, unglazed with fine quartz temper. The base sherd comes from a large flat bottomed cooking pot type vessel.
The sherd measures 7.2 mm thick and weighs 33.6 grams. It measures 60.9 mm in length and 59.0 mm wide.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: Fine frequent quartz tempered cooking pot type
Sherd type: Base sherd
Base type: FLT (Flat)
Base diameter: 14cm
Base Percentage remaining:1 4%
Sherd thickness: 7.2 MM
Firing condition: reduced exterior, reduced core, reduced interior
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Slightly rough
Surface treatment: unglazed
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherd has been photographed.
Class: cooking pot
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60.9 mm
Width: 59 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 33.6 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
To be known as: Bidford-on-Avon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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