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VESSEL
Unique ID: DEV-2F0A4F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A body fragment from a possible Glastonbury Ware vessel. The fabric is a dark grey-black in colour, and slightly soapy in texture, with large and abundant limestone inclusions including large amounts of fossil shell which are very reflective. It is undiagnostic in terms of vessel form, although its slightly open profile may be suggestive of a bowl. The fabric is nonetheless highly suggestive of Iron Age date. No trace of the typical Glastonbury Ware incised decoration is seen on this fragment.
The fragment is 16.53mm high and 20.1mm wide. It is 6.3mm thick and weighs 2.7g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 400 BC
Date to: Circa 1 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.53 mm
Width: 20.1 mm
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Weight: 2.71 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSC receipt 017650 / 017901
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Misterton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST4408
Four figure Latitude: 50.86877657
Four figure longitude: -2.79717523
1:25K map: ST4408
1:10K map: ST40NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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