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VESSEL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-5F1C58
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A pedestal foot from a Roman ceramic vessel.
Description: The object is a circular pedestal foot from a small flask or beaker of Roman date. The outer base of the pedestal is flat. There are fragments of the body of the vessel which flare outwards from the pedestal with a concave base to the inside of the vessel. The walls of the vessel are 9.87mm thick. The vessel is oxidised orange on the outer surfaces with a reduced, very dark grey core. Much of the outer surface has been lost throgh abrasion. The fabric is fine-grained with frequent quartz inclusions of less than 0.5mm and very sparse inclusions of quartz between 0.5mm and 1mm in diameter. Lines around the vessel suggest that it was wheel-thrown.
Measurements: Diameter 53.67mm, height 19.19mm, weight 51.24
Discussion: This form of pedestal base appears amongst both Romano-British vessels, termed beakers, and also among native imitations of Roman vessel forms.
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 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 19.19 mm
Weight: 51.24 g
Diameter: 53.67 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th September 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Fulstow (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF3496
Four figure Latitude: 53.4437402
Four figure longitude: 0.01604987
1:25K map: TF3496
1:10K map: TF39NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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