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VESSEL

Unique ID: PUBLIC-82D4FE

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Roman fragment of everted rim from a large vessel in terra sigillata (probably samian), soft, smooth, pink-red, with large patches of the glossy, red-brown slip on both surfaces. The obverse has a void on the body revealing quartzite, and sparse mica on the rim. The reverse has sparse mica. The fabric is oxidised, a uniform pink-red with some calcite, quartzite and grit inclusions. Fractures are worn and fine. It is dated to between c40 to c200 AD and is very lightly abraded

The length is 42mm, width 44mm, thickness 10mm and the weight, 1.55g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 44 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 19.55 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st August 2013 - Saturday 1st August 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Eden (District)
Parish or ward: Brougham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: NY5328
Four figure Latitude: 54.64490715
Four figure longitude: -2.72982051
1:25K map: NY5328
1:10K map: NY52NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Other

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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