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VESSEL
Unique ID: WMID-36DA2F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A rimsherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel, of the Roman period, dating from the 2nd to 4th century AD.
The sherd consists of a rimsherd, in a fabric is similar to that of local (unsourced) greyware, , consistent with 2nd to 4th Century AD dating. The rim type is that of an everted type, probably consistent with a storage bowl or jar. It is triangular in plane and inverted L shape in section. The exterior colour is black, with the interior and core is a light brown in colour. The fabric has fine quartz inclusions. The rim would have been around 14 cm in diameter, and around 12.5 % remains.
The sherd is 7.2 mm thick and weighs 15.0 g. It is 26.1 mm in length at the longest point and is 12.8 mm in length at the shortest. It measures 48.1 mm wide.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: local (unsourced) greyware, with fine quartz inclusions
Sherd type: rimsherd
Rim type: everted
Rim diameter: around 140 mm
% of rim present: 12.5 %
Wall thickness: 7.2 mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior
Hardness: hard
Surface texture: Smooth
Surface treatment: none
Condition of sherds: slightly abraded.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 399
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.1 mm
Width: 48.1 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th June 2017 - Saturday 17th June 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bolnhurst and Keysoe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL0864
Four figure Latitude: 52.26356891
Four figure longitude: -0.41892125
1:25K map: TL0864
1:10K map: TL06SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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