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VESSEL
Unique ID: HESH-24ECA1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A single rim sherd of local Roman pottery - severn valley ware - the sherd is too small to be diagnostic. Local 'coarseware / Severn Valley like Wares' are wheel thrown ceramic vessels dating from the 2nd to 4th Centuries AD (100-400 AD). This example is likely to be from a storage jar
Sherd specific details:
Rim Sherd -
Projected Diameter: 22cm (representing 7% of rim)
Rim Type: Everted
Fabric type: Severn Valley Ware
Colour: Orange
Fabric: Oxidised external and internal faces, oxidised orange colour core.
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Sandy
Decoration: None applied
Condition of sherd: unabraded.
Measures: 48.5mm width 28.4mm high; is 11.8mm thick at rim and 5.7mm body . It weighs 14.73 grams.
Class: Severn Valley Ware
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 14.73 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hereford Museum Object Entry and Transfer of Title Form - HFDMG: 2774
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Leintwardine (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO4074
Four figure Latitude: 52.36075667
Four figure longitude: -2.88249877
1:25K map: SO4074
1:10K map: SO47SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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