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AMPHORA
Unique ID: PUBLIC-7B7268
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
A body sherd probably of Roman amphora. The exterior is hard, pink-beige; the inner face is very light pink with several medium-sized grit inclusions. The fabric is oxidised and has some grit inclusions, voids and a pronounced lamination mid-core that is parallel to the two faces. Fractures are irregular. It is dated to between c43 and c410 AD and is moderately abraded.
The length is 25 mm, width 17 mm, thickness 11 mm and the weight, 3.79 g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
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
Length: 25 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 3.79 g
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Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Watercrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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