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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-6B35EA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a ceramic vessel probably of Roman date, c.AD 43-410. The fragment is a body fragment and the fabric is light grey in colour on its surfaces and at its core. Abundant fine inclusions are present throughout the fragment and the outer surfaces have a coarse texture. The fragment is unglazed and undecorated. The fragment is sub-rectangular in shape, with worn breaks forming all edges, and has a rectangular cross-section.
The fragment is 36.2mm long, 22.8mm wide, 7.8mm thick, and weighs 7.9g.
Similar objects have been recorded on the database as YORYM-C91C97, YORYM-C05926, and YORYM-DFEF23.
Class: Body
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: 1
Length: 36.2 mm
Width: 22.8 mm
Thickness: 7.8 mm
Weight: 7.9 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05931
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Huby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5666
Four figure Latitude: 54.08687438
Four figure longitude: -1.14540975
1:25K map: SE5666
1:10K map: SE56NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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