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VESSEL
Unique ID: BERK-A23D77
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A body sherd of a hand made pottery vessel of probable Early or Middle Iron Age date. The sherd is formed from a hard and gritty fabric with frequent small to medium sized flint inclusions and abundant small rounded quartz grains. The external surface of the fabric is a buff-orange and the internal colour is a buff-brown. The core is light buff to grey. The outer wall is decorated with 3 banded combing arranged in a X shape below a panel of horizontal 3-banded combing. The combination of fabric type and decorative style suggests a date of c. 800-300 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 800 BC
Date to: Circa 300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 35.7 mm
Thickness: 6.7 mm
Weight: 11 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014.767
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Haddenham area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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