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VESSEL

Unique ID: YORYM-1A227C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Base and body sherd of a large, wheel thrown, grey ware urn. Pale grey core with a dark, burnished exterior surface. Tempered with abundant small (c.>1.0mm) rounded quartz pebbles and infrequent large lay pellets. Holme-on-Spalding Moor Ware (aka 'Throlam Ware'). 4^th Century.

The sherd is 70.6mm x 59.5mm x 14.3mm. Weight: 62g.

Report by Adam Parker, Assistant Curator of Archaeology, Yorkshire Museum.

Class: Holme-on-Spalding Moor Ware (aka 'Throlam Ware')
Sub class: urn

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 70.6 mm
Width: 59.5 mm
Thickness: 14.3 mm
Weight: 62 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: YMT : E04725

Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Huddleston with Newthorpe (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE4733
Four figure Latitude: 53.79120013
Four figure longitude: -1.28804712
1:25K map: SE4733
1:10K map: SE43SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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