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VESSEL

Unique ID: SOM-D9A035

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Part of the base of a Roman glass prismatic jar (square or rectangular). The piece consists of part of the base in one corner showing the jar had slightly concave sides and has broken where the base turns up to the side. The base was concave and thickened towards the middle but the entre of the middle does not survive and with the incomplete edges the original size is unclear. The glass is a clear, translucent pale blue with elongated airbubbles. The fragment is 30.1mm long, 32.5mm wide and 10.3mm thick and weighs 11.60 grams.

It is possible SOM-D8B7B2 found near by was the side of the same or a similar vessel.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.1 mm
Width: 32.5 mm
Thickness: 10.3 mm
Weight: 11.6 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1950 - Thursday 31st December 1970

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC receipt 19290

Materials and construction

Primary material: Glass
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
To be known as: Priddy CP

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SOM
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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