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VESSEL
Unique ID: WILT-3EC1B4
Object type certainty: Certain
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A sherd from the base of a wheel thrown Roman Samian type vessel of uncertain Eastern Gaul ware dating to c AD 40-260. The outer face of the sherd is plain. The sherd comprises of part of the base and part of the lower body of the vessel which is flat. Suggesting use as a dish or shallow bowl. The inside surface of the body is decroated with two circular lines indented to the surface. The fabric is oxidised orange-red colour with gloss slip with fleck of limestone inclusions. The edges show areas of reduced brown colour. The fragment weighs 29.23g. It measures 20.84mm in length, 50.07mm in width and 5.69mm in thickness. The section of base measures 120mm in diameter, 12.66mm in height and 7.67mm in width.
Class: Samian
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 260
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.84 mm
Width: 50.07 mm
Thickness: 5.59 mm
Weight: 29.23 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4793
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Lacock
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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