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VESSEL
Unique ID: WILT-3359AE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Roman Samian ware bowl, dating to the period AD 43- 260
The components of the sherd are the base of the bowl, part of its foot ring, the wall and the rim of the present wall. The sherd is decorated with two radial lines on the wall of the bowl, and a singular one on the base.
All dimensions for the fragment are approximate. The height is c. 68.11mm, the width of the base is c. 43.34mm and the width of the rim is c.44.45mm. The thickness of the fragment is c.10.49mm, and it weighs 64.56g.
Class:
Samian ware
Sub class: bowl
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 260
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 68.11 mm
Width: 44.45 mm
Thickness: 10.49 mm
Weight: 64.56 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM 2017-03
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Decoration style: Curvilinear
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Lacock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9067
Four figure Latitude: 51.40193986
Four figure longitude: -2.14514181
1:25K map: ST9067
1:10K map: ST96NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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