Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: WMID-072139
Object type certainty: Certain
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Description:Middle to Late Iron Age. Bodysherd. Uncertain vessel type, probably storage jar. Local type. Frequent fossil shell. oxidised.
Fabric: Oxidised. banded. Light grey / brown core. Black interior. Light orange exterior. Hard.
Inclusions: Frequent fossil shell (<1 mm). Well sorted.
Forming: Hand made. Decoration: a possible burnished line. 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:13.3 mm. Mass: 18.0 g. Toothbrush marks from cleaning visible on exterior and edges.
Class:
frequent fossil shell
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: 13.3 mm
Weight: 18 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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