LANCUM-316C85: Roman ceramic vessel body sherd of Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware

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Unique ID: LANCUM-316C85

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Roman ceramic vessel body sherd, probably Oxford or Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware. The sherd has remnants of a brown/green coloured slip coating the interior and exterior. The oxidized fabric is white/cream, fine, well sorted, is scratchable with a firmly applied thumb nail and exhibits some abrasion. The fabric has occasional inclusions and voids up to 1mm, and a few up to 3.5mm.

Dates to between c150 and c410 AD.

The length is 45mm, the width is 35mm, thickness 8mm, and the weight 12.3g.

Class: Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 35 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 12.3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th March 2018 - Friday 9th March 2018

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Edenham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0524
Four figure Latitude: 52.80334507
Four figure longitude: -0.44391672
1:25K map: TF0524
1:10K map: TF02SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

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Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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