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VESSEL
Unique ID: LANCUM-DD4565
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
1. Body sherd of samian ware from a large vessel. The pink fabric is fine and hard and the slip is red. It is 42mm in length, 48mm wide, 11mm thick and weighs 25.04g.
2. Body sherd of coarse pottery, possibly from a cooking vessel, but otherwise could be a prehistoric sherd. The fabric is coarse and beige. It is 39mm in length, 18mm wide, 8mm thick and weighs 3.76g.
3. Body sherd of wheelmade black burnished ware pottery. The fabric is black and has small white quartz inclusions. It is 33mm in length, 11mm wide, 3.5mm thick and weighs 2.54g.
4. Body sherd of wheelmade black burnished ware pottery. The fabric has small white quartz inclusions. It is decorated with a lattice design. OR greyware with trellis ornament. It is 23mm in length, 18mm wide, 5mm thick and weighs 2.48g.
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 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 4
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
Parish or ward: Maryport (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NY0949
Four figure Latitude: 54.82754
Four figure longitude: -3.418037
1:25K map: NY0949
1:10K map: NY04NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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