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Unique ID: WMID-A2E8A3
Object type certainty: Certain
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A rimsherd of a handmade ceramic vessel.
The sherd is 8.5 mm thick and weighs 54.0 g. It is 43.6 mm long and 72.1 mm wide.
The sherd consists of a rimsherd, in a fabric similar to that published as SH1 (Standard common fossil shell type, with occasional quartz inclusions) in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD).
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: SH1b frequent fossil shell, with occasional quartz inclusions
Sherd type: Rimsherd
Rim type: RD (Rounded Direct)
Diameter of Rim: 28 cm
Percentage of Rim present: 9 %
Wall thickness: 8.5 mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior.
Hardness: Medium
Surface texture: Smooth
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherd was photographed.
Reference:
Coleman, L., Hancocks, A., and Watts, M. 2006 Excavations on the Wormington to Tirley Pipeline, 2000. Four sites by the Carrant Brook and River Isbourne, Gloucestershire and Worchestershire. Cotswold Archaeology Monograph No. 3. Cirencester
McSloy, E.R. 2006 The Pottery pp37-57 in Coleman, Hancocks and Watts 2006
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 500 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.6 mm
Width: 72.1 mm
Thickness: 8.5 mm
Weight: 54 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th November 2014 - Saturday 10th January 2015
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Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: TL0377
Four figure Latitude: 52.38135886
Four figure longitude: -0.48818007
1:25K map: TL0377
1:10K map: TL07NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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