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VESSEL
Unique ID: WMID-AEFC11
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A rimsherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel, of probable Medieval dating (AD 1200 to AD1400).
The rimsherd consists of a local (unsourced) unglazed earthenware, with frequent fine quartz inclusions, probably dating from the 11th to 15th Centuries AD, most likely from a jug. No enough survives of the rim to estimate original diameter.
The sherd is 10.3 mm thick and weighs 51.0 g. It has a length of 38.4 mm and is 76.0 mm wide.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: frequent quartz tempered, unglazed earthernware
Sherd type: rimsherd
Rim type: Squared, everted
Firing condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Slightly rough
Surface treatment: none
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherd has been photographed.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.4 mm
Width: 76 mm
Thickness: 10.3 mm
Weight: 51 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th June 2014 - Thursday 5th June 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Theddlethorpe All Saints (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4687
Four figure Latitude: 53.35971859
Four figure longitude: 0.19242273
1:25K map: TF4687
1:10K map: TF48NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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