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VESSEL
Unique ID: SF-8B20D3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A sherd of a glazed medieval vessel. The sherd has a grey inner core with reddish margins and grey surfaces. It is fairly thin walled. The fabric is hard and coarse and is tempered with plentiful fine quartz sand (<0.5mm) and occasional chalky fragments (<1mm). The outer surface is covered with a thick, dark brown-green glaze.
Length: 33.76mm, width: 32.13mm, thickness: 10.03mm, weight: 10.24g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.38 mm
Width: 31.13 mm
Thickness: 6.11 mm
Weight: 7.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2017
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