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VESSEL
Unique ID: IOW-F638EF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A body sherd of Roman ceramic colour coated vessel, probably of New Forest Ware (AD c. 300-c. 370 ).
The fabric is hard and off-white/grey with poorly sorted soft dark grey inclusions. The exterior is matt grey and had two parallel circumferential grooves mid-way down the height of the sherd. The breaks are worn.
The sherd is from close to the rim and it is too small to ascertain its diameter accurately.
This sherd is worn but in good condition.
Length: 40.0mm; width: 33.7mm; thickness: 5.3mm. Weight: 9.25g.
This sherd may have belonged to a flask as published by Fulford 1975: 43-46, figs. 8 and 9.
Fulford, M. G., New Forest Roman pottery. Manufacture and distribution, with a corpus of pottery types, British archaeological reports, 17, BAR, Oxford, (1975)
Class: New Forest Ware body
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 370
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 33.7 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 9.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 20th May 2019 - Monday 20th May 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2019-3-79
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.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulford, M.G. | 1975 | New Forest Roman Pottery: Manufacture and Distribution, with a Corpus of Pottery Types | Oxford | British Archaeological Reports 17 | 43-46, figs. 8 and 9 |
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