Rights Holder: Kent County Council
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
VESSEL
Unique ID: KENT-F4C651
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A heavily worn sherd of wheel thrown late Iron Age to early Roman ceramic vessel.
Description: The sherd is a body sher and roughly recatangular in plan. The fabric has an oxidised outer surface, unevenly oxidised core and unoxidised inner surface. The inclusions are a mix of common well sorted small-to large mixed grog, medium coomnon mixed rounded flints and some common well sorted black sandy grit. Many inclusions have fallen out. The breaks are well angular and some striations are visible indicaiting its production via wheel throwing.
Measurements: 60.27mm long, 51.54mm high, 9.06mm thick and 43.91g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa 200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60.27 mm
Height: 51.54 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 43.91 g
Personal details
Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Recorded by: Mr Jo Ahmet
Identified by: Mr Jo Ahmet
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Medway (Unitary Authority)
District: Medway (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Allhallows (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8278
Four figure Latitude: 51.4716894
Four figure longitude: 0.61910948
1:25K map: TQ8278
1:10K map: TQ87NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: KENT-F599D7
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: IRON AGE
A heavily worn rim sherd of a wheel thrown Iron Age vessel, possibly late Iron Age gallo-belgic bowl.
Description: The sherd is a rim sherd a…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: KENT-F48835
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: BRONZE AGE
A heavily worn sherd of hand made probable late Bronze Age to early Iron Age ceramic vessel.
Description: The sherd is a rimsherd and roughly…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: KENT-F41BC9
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: IRON AGE
A heavily worn sherd of wheel thrown probable late Iron Age to early Romano-British ceramic vessel.
Description: The sherd is a body sherd an…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618