Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-0665E1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
Description: Middle to Late Iron Age. Bodysherd. Uncertain vessel type, probably a storage jar. Local type. Sparse fossil shell, occasional metamorphic rock. Oxidised.
Fabric: Oxidised. Orange core. Orange exterior. Variable interior from orange to dark grey. Hard.
Inclusions: Sparse fossil shell (< 1 mm), occasional metamorphic rock (<1 mm). Well sorted.
Forming: Hand made. Decoration: none. Surface treatment: none. Condition: Abraded.
Form: uncertain. Probably a storage jar.
Fragment: Body.
Notes: Diameter of vessel: not enough present to accurate determine diameter. Thickness: 10.0 mm. Mass: 4.8 g.
Class:
Sparse fossil shell, occasional metamorphic
Sub class: uncertain
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 400 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 4.8 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th May 2014 - Friday 9th May 2014
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Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SP3041
Four figure Latitude: 52.06656539
Four figure longitude: -1.56377957
1:25K map: SP3041
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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