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VESSEL
Unique ID: DENO-9E56C3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
One rim sherd of a wheel thrown ceramic coarse ware vessel, of the Roman period, dating from the 2nd to 3rd Centuries AD.
The rim sherd consists of a local fabric known as Derbyshire Ware, dating from the 2nd to 3rd Centuries AD. The sherd probably originally came from a jar type vessel. The rim is upright and the body flares out beneath it, there is a semi circular sectioned ridge at the base of the rim on the interior. The fragment is a mid grey in colour, with visible white (shell like) and brown inclusions.
The sherd measures 30.4 mm in length and 51.6 mm wide. It has a thickness of 7.9 mm at the rim and is 5.1mm thick at the body, it weighs 27.7 grams.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: Derbyshire Ware
Sherd type: Rim
Rim diameter: c.170 mm
% of Rim present: 8-10%
Sherd thickness: 5.1 mm (body) 7.9 mm (rim)
Firing condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Rough
Surface treatment: none.
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded..
Class:
Derbyshire Ware
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 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.4 mm
Width: 51.6 mm
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Weight: 27.7 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E6462
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Ashfield (District)
Parish or ward: Kirkby in Ashfield Central (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4855
Four figure Latitude: 53.09006197
Four figure longitude: -1.28473651
1:25K map: SK4855
1:10K map: SK45NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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