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VESSEL
Unique ID: WMID-196724
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A small body sherd of wheel-thrown Mancetter-Hartshill mortaria (36mm x 22.5mm; thickness: 9mm; weight: 12.59g). A fine-textured and powdery fabric with an off-white colour. There are fine quartz inclusions in the fill with black and yellow trituration grits and iron inclusions on the inner surface of the sherd. The grit is not very worn, possibly indicating that it may not have seen much use.
Mancetter and Hartshill mortaria has a strong concentration on the Warwickshire/ Leicestershire border, where many kilns have been recorded and excavated. Its distribution is extensive in the Midlands and the north and is dated from the mid 2nd-early 4th century (Tyers, 1996, 123).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 150
Date to: AD 350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 12.59 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 5th May 2004
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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: Staffordshire (County)
District: East Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Wootton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1045
Four figure Latitude: 53.002227
Four figure longitude: -1.852437
1:25K map: SK1045
1:10K map: SK14NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyers, P.A. | 1996 | Roman Pottery in Britain | B.T. Batsford | page 123 |
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