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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-8B1E0B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a ceramic vessel of Roman date. The vessel is a rim sherd from a local (unsourced) miscellaneous greyware dish/vessel. The fragment is sub-trapezoidal with a slight projecting rim much of which has been lost to worn breaks. The fabric is fairly hard and gritty with a smooth feel. It is a mid-grey colour throughout.
The fragment is 60.1mm long, 39.6mm wide, 11.9mm thick and weighs 28.4g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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: 60.1 mm
Width: 39.6 mm
Thickness: 11.9 mm
Weight: 28.4 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E04814
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Brantingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9327
Four figure Latitude: 53.73111292
Four figure longitude: -0.59177248
1:25K map: SE9327
1:10K map: SE92NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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