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VESSEL

Unique ID: LEIC-D97698

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A Roman Mancetter-Hartshill Whiteware mortaria sherd. The fabric is cream and the trituration grits are red and black. The sherd is 59mm x 57mm with a thickness of 7mm.

Class: Mancetter-Hartshill White ware mortarium

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 59 mm
Width: 57 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 55.26 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th May 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Bitteswell (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP5085
Four figure Latitude: 52.46066582
Four figure longitude: -1.26554033
1:25K map: SP5085
1:10K map: SP58NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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