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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-43141B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman ceramic sherd from a Black Burnished ware (BB1, from Wareham/Poole Harbour, Dorset) vessel, dating c. AD 75-410. A rim sherd probably from a "dog-dish" type vessel. A plain, straight sided rim sherd, of hard fired, dark grey fabric, with a pale grey patch on exterior surface, evidence of burnishing on both the internal and external surface with a single diagonal line perhaps the remnant of a decorative pattern on external surface. Abundant sub-rounded translucent quartz, <1.5mm, rare sub-angular orange/brown iron stone, <1.5mm.
Length: 42.4, Width: 36.7mm, Thickness: 10.2mm, Weight: 19.05g.
The sherd appears to be a fragment of a "dog bowl", Seager Smith & Davies' (1993: 234-235) form 20, which was in use from the late 1st century.
Class:
Bowl
Sub class: Type 20
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.4 mm
Width: 36.7 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 19.05 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 017417
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Martock CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 |
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