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VESSEL
Unique ID: KENT-75F6AA
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of wheel thrown ceramic vessel of Roman date c. AD 43 - 410, likely a mica dusted greyware cooking vessel dating to the period c. AD 125 - 300.
Description: The vessel survives only as a rim sherd with part of the rim and a very small amount of the the neck represented. The sherd has mixed variably spaced inclusions of small grit and quartz. and common specks of mica dusting. The sherd is unoxidised being ad dark grey throughout. The sherd likely relates to a cooking pot with a rim diameter about 85mm in diameter.
Measurements: 54.38mm wide. 22.52mm high, 15.79mm thick (inc rim, body of the sherd 6.97mm thick and 16.26g in weight.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 125
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 22.52 mm
Width: 54.38 mm
Thickness: 15.79 mm
Weight: 16.26 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
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