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VESSEL
Unique ID: KENT-B9587C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of possibly Roman ceramic greyware jar (AD 43-410). The sherd is a wheel thrown rim fragment of a coarse dark grey ware with well sorted sand and or quartzite inclusion. The rim is flat this a sharp bend through 90 degrees to a horizontal neck before broadening to a 45 degree shoulder.
The fragment is 52.6mm high, 67.8mm wide, 7.5mm thick and weighs 50.78 grams
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
Height: 52.6 mm
Width: 67.8 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 50.78 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Tonbridge and Malling (District)
Parish or ward: Aylesford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7358
Four figure Latitude: 51.29484695
Four figure longitude: 0.4799247
1:25K map: TQ7358
1:10K map: TQ75NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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