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VESSEL
Unique ID: DOR-C996C0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A sherd of Black Burnished ware. The fabric is the South West variant (WA fabric 1B) with a pale grey reduced core and black slipped margins. Hard and gritty, tempered with abundant rounded quartz and occasional iron. A rim sherd from a flanged bowl (WA type 25).The flange is dropped from the pointed rim. Handmade. Abraded.
Date: Roman - c. 250 - 400
Weight: 20 g
Class: Flanged bowl
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 250
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 20 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017800
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Weymouth and Portland (District)
Parish or ward: Upwey and Broadwey (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY6685
Four figure Latitude: 50.66367136
Four figure longitude: -2.48242027
1:25K map: SY6685
1:10K map: SY65SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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