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VESSEL

Unique ID: YORYM-726B12

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Sherd; Rim sherd of Medieval date. Fabric is pale grey at the core and interior, oxidised to a very pale orange-pink at the exterior surface. Gritty, quartz sand temper abundant throughout. Glazed on exterior and interior with a drab, olive green glaze which is heavily abraded. The rim is plain and narrow and is raised above a thick, beaded, band running circumferentially around the body 15mm below. Probable jar, of Brandsby-type Ware. See YORYM-E63428 for direct parallel.
AD1275-1400
Mainman, A. and Jenner, A. 2013.Medieval Pottery from York(The Archaeology of York 16/9). York: York Archaeological Trust. Pp: 1230-31; 1242-3
Jennings, S. 1992.Medieval Pottery in the Yorkshire Museum. York: Yorkshire Museum. pp:24-5

The vessel fragment is 46.7mm long, 29.8mm wide, 12.3mm thick and weighs 13.1g.

Report by

Adam Parker

Assistant Curator of Archaeology, Yorkshire Museum

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1275
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 46.7 mm
Width: 29.8 mm
Thickness: 12.3 mm
Weight: 13.1 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel 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 finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

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Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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