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VESSEL

Unique ID: SOM-EC7420

Object type certainty: Certain
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A ceramic sherd from a Roman vessel dating to the period c. AD 250 - 410. The fabric is heavily abraded but appears to be Black Burnished ware south-west variant (fabric 1b). It is dark grey in colour with a patch of oxidisation on the inner surface. It exhibits abundant fine sand temper. The sherd is a handle, probably from a Type 21 "Fish-dish".

See: Seager Smith, R, 1993, p. 232, fig. 123.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 250
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 47.97 mm
Width: 42.78 mm
Thickness: 10.33 mm
Weight: 33.09 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC no. 016969

Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Hinton Blewett

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

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Seager Smith, R. and Davies, S.M. 1993 Black Burnished Ware Type Series - The Roman Pottery from Excavations at Greyhound Yard, Dorchester, Dorset 1981-4 Dorchester DNH&AS 232 21

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Recording Institution: SOM
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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