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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-1D21FF
Object type certainty: Certain
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Six Roman ceramic sherds from greyware vessels, dating to c. AD 43 - 410. Five are body sherds, one is the slightly flaring everted rim of a closed vessel with a rolled outer edge. All are relatively high fired with abundent poorly sorted sand temper. Much of the temper is medium sized, patinated quartz up to 1.5mm with occasional pieces up to 2mm and some smaller pieces. occasional rounded ironstone up to 1.5mm becoming common in some sherds.Not visibly micaceaous.
All are too small to estimate the diameter or the exact form. All are abraded, some highly. Total weight: 29.23g.
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 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 6
Weight: 29.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2018 - Wednesday 31st October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 19431
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Withycombe CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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