Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-756C46
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Description: Late Iron Age to Early Roman. bodysherd, probably from a jar. Local type. Sparse quartz. Oxidised
Fabric: Oxidised. Banded. Black core. Red exterior and interior. Hard. Soapy feel.
Inclusions: Sparse quartz (< 1 mm). Well sorted.
Forming: Wheel thrown. Decoration: none. Surface treatment: none. Condition: Abraded.
Form: jar probably
Fragment: bodysherd
Notes: Diameter of vessel: not enough present to accurately determine. Thickness: 8.4 mm. Mass: 3.4 g. Toothbrush marks from cleaning visible on exterior.
Class:
Sparse quartz
Sub class: jar
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8.4 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 25th May 2015 - Monday 25th May 2015
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Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SP2940
Four figure Latitude: 52.05762809
Four figure longitude: -1.57845151
1:25K map: SP2940
1:10K map: SP24SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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