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VESSEL
Unique ID: KENT-86F595
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A fragment of possibly Roman ceramic greyware jar (AD 43-410). The sherd is a wheel thrown rim fragment of a coarse dark grey ware with well sorted sand and or quartzite inclusion. The center of the fabric is darker than the outside, suggeting a slip. The rim sherd is broken: The rim is flat this a sharp bend through 90 degrees to a horizontal neck before broadening to a 45 degree shoulder.
The sherd is 83.2mm wide, 41.3mm high, 7.7mm thick and weighs 44.18 grams.
Class:
greyware
Sub class: jar
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 41.3 mm
Width: 83.2 mm
Thickness: 7.7 mm
Weight: 44.18 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Great Chart with Singleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ9740
Four figure Latitude: 51.12539807
Four figure longitude: 0.81385655
1:25K map: TQ9740
1:10K map: TQ94SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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