ESS-E9F9F6: Incomplete Roman glass unguent jar

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VESSEL

Unique ID: ESS-E9F9F6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Complete base and lower body fragment of a Hat-shaped unguent jar. Blue/green with dark (black) impurities and light iridescent weathering. The circular base, which has a diameter of 14.5mm, is slightly concave at the centre and it has a pontil scar which is an irregular rectangle in plan (dimensions being 7.5 x 5.5mm). The body expands out from the missing rim and is slightly convex on one side and largely straight-sided on the other (asymmetrical). At the neck, the rim begins to become horizontal but no part of its edge survives. It is 22.7mm high and the walls are 1mm in thickness, it weighs 6.66g. It is similar to an example from Colchester (Cool and Price 1994, 116 861 fig. 7.10). Unguent jars of this form are unusual and are likely to date from the late 1st-2nd century

Class: unguent jar
Sub class: Hat-shaped

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 75
Date to: AD 300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22.7 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 6.66 g
Diameter: 14.5 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: ID 3356

Materials and construction

Primary material: Glass

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Castle Point (District)
To be known as: Canvey Island

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
Discovery circumstances: Part of a collection discovered over some 30 years
General landuse: Coastland
Specific landuse: Inter-tidal

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Cool, H.E.M. and Price, J.	1995	Colchester Archaeological Report 8; Roman vessel glass from excavations at Colchester, 1971-85	Colchester	Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd.	figure 7.10	116 & 861

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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