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VESSEL
Unique ID: IOW-F0B2D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman rim sherd of a Samian vessel, a bowl or dish, dating from the first to third centuries (AD 43-c. 240).
The sherd has a straight rim and has a orangey-red slip both internally and externally. There is no decoration on the sherd.
Length: 40.0mm; width: 49.0mm; thickness at rim: 6.8mm. Weight: 10.48g.
Class: Rim sherd
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 240
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 49 mm
Thickness: 6.8 mm
Weight: 10.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st October 2018 - Sunday 21st October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-2-121
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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