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Record ID: SF9030
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Rim sherd of Roman grey ware.
Created on: Wednesday 31st July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ELMSTEAD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8334
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper-alloy vessel, 43 mm high and a maximum of 31 x 27 mm in cross-section. The base is rounded and the sides rise with a very slight convex curve to a thickened rim. Part of the rim is missing but one small pierced vertical lug handle survives. Close to the base is a repair plug of copper alloy, with a small hole close by. The function of these small vessels is unknown, but Geoff Egan of the Museum of London has suggested that as they clearly held something small and valuable they may have been used to contain mercury. Chemical analysis of the interiors will be needed bef…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'STAMBOURNE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF7876
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Sherd of medieval coarse ware, possibly a base or rim; the breaks make identification difficult.
Created on: Friday 11th January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'THORPE LE SOKEN', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF7877
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Body sherd of late medieval ware, glazed internally. Possibly London ware.
Created on: Friday 11th January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'THORPE LE SOKEN', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF7878
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Body sherd of early medieval ware.
Created on: Friday 11th January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'THORPE LE SOKEN', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF7879
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Body sherd of a light grey fabric, decorated with two parallel grooves. This sherd is difficult to identify without a detailed knowledge of the local pottery; it might be early Anglo-Saxon, or might be late medieval.
Created on: Friday 11th January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'THORPE LE SOKEN', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF7359
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Rim sherd of medieval coarse ware. The shape of the rim dates it to the 13th or 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GREAT AND LITTLE WIGBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.