Record ID: ESS-065100
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman vessel: Samian ware bowl, form 36 in Hartley 'Samian ware or terra sigillata' chapter VIII in Collingwood and Richmond (1969 edition) The Archaeology of Roman Britain. No potters stamp is present. The curved rim is decorated with stylised leaves en barbotine: a thick clay slip was trailed onto the surface of the vessel in the form of tear-drop shaped leaves with a curved stem. The main body of the vessel is plain and undecorated. The red glaze has been damaged and has been removed from the surface in places where adhering soil has subsequently dried out and detached the glaze. T…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-077C87
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman vessel: Roman vessel: Samian ware cup, form 35 in Hartley 'Samian ware or terra sigillata' chapter VIII in Collingwood and Richmond (1969 edition) The Archaeology of Roman Britain. No potters stamp is present. The curved rim is decorated with stylised leaves en barbotine: a thick clay slip was trailed onto the surface of the vessel in the form of tear-drop shaped leaves with a curved stem. The main body of the vessel is plain and undecorated. The red glaze has been damaged and has been removed from the surface in places where adhering soil has subsequently dried out and detached …
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-4E72C1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval sherds of sandy grey ware, from a minumum of two vessels. Two rim sherds - probably from the same vessel. The rim has a wide 'comma' shaped cross section, measuring 16.46mm thick, 11.77mm wide. Both sherds weigh 21.38 grams. One rim sherd - from a seperate vessel. The rim is elongated sub-rectanglular in cross section, with the outer edge being slightly pointed, measuring 22.18mm thick, 7.48mm wide. It weighs 18.85 grams. Three body sherd, of varying thickness 1) 9.62mm thick. 12.69 grams 2) 6.48mm thick. 5.03 grams. 3) 7.54mm thick. 20.73 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2010
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Record ID: ESS-4E7571
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval glazed vessel handle. The fabric is orange-red with a dark brown glaze. The handle is rectangular in plan with an oval cross section. There are two oval depressions on the outer edge of the handle and a small circular depression on the reverse. There are worn breaks at both ends. It is 57.62mm long, 23.32mm wide, 18.43mm thick and weighs 30.89 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2010
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Record ID: ESS-70F084
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd of a sandy-grey ware vessel with mica and sparce flint inclusions; the rim has an elongated 'tear-drop' shaped cross section. The sherd weighs 42.3 grams.
Created on: Monday 21st March 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2011
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Record ID: ESS-5A55A2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd from a pottery vessel - possibly Roman in date. The outer surface of the walls is off white, whilst the core of the fabric is grey and grog tempered. Rim 9.12mm thick, wall 7.65mm thick. Weight 8.0 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2011
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Record ID: ESS-F0E570
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval pottery sherd from a rim of a vessel. The fabric is grey with flint inclusions measuring aproximately 1mm. The rim is sub-rectangular in cross section, with the lower edge being concave. The rim is 16.41mm wide, 14.58mm thick. It weighs 16.51 grams.
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 16th July 2010
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Record ID: ESS-6893A0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd of a fineware pottery vessel of early Roman date. Part of the foot-ring base of a Terra Nigra jar. This is a wheel-thrown vessel. The fabric is mid grey in colour, well-fired and smooth to the touch. The surface is dark grey and has been burnished. Length 33mm, thickness of the foot-ring 4.58mm, weight 6.9g. Using a rim chart it can be calculated that the base would have been 90mm in diameter. 'Terra Nigra' was produced in Gaul during the late 1st century BC into the 1st century AD and was imported from Gaul into Britain in the first century AD (circa AD 43-70).…
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2010
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Record ID: ESS-0EC114
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman samian ware vessel rim sherd with traces of moulded decoration.
Created on: Friday 3rd September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 8th September 2010
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Record ID: ESS-B8CB04
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Thurrock
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman box-flue tile, dating AD 43-410. The fragment has old worn breaks and is of a bright orange-red fabric. The fabric is soft with no visible inclusions. dimensions: length: 143.5mm; width: 97.1mm; Thickness: 22.8mm; weight: 250g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 15th July 2015
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Record ID: ESS-CCF8C8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
23 sherds of Romano-British grey ware, weighing 92.8 grams.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CD2D75
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two small vessel sherds of sandy grey fabric with inclusions that look Iron Age. The thicker sherd has some red-brown inclusions that may be grog, which indicates a pre-Roman Iron Age date of circa 50BC to 50AD. A further two sherds are probably from Iron Age storage jars.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CD3CF2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of Romano-British black-surfaced grey wares. Weight 42.4 grams,
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CD4524
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of Post Medieval glazed earthenware, dating circa 1550 - 1700 AD.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CD69B5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four sherds of Medieval red earthenware: One is a base sherd with a reduced grey core. The other is a rim in sandy-gritty fabric with a reduced dark grey core. The two remaining sherdsare probably medieval, although relatively undiagnostic.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CD7037
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd of fine orange-red sandy fabric with a cream-buff interior. The sherd is probably Romano-British tableware.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CE2DE6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey-black sandy fabric with sparse irregular inclusions appearing as white flecks, probably middle Iron Age, circa 350-50 BC.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st September 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CE54A6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nine Mid Iron Age vessel sherds, weighing 92.9 grams.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 26th August 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CE7235
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nine Romano-British pottery sherds; eight are grey ware, one is oxidised ware.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 26th August 2011
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Record ID: ESS-CE7D23
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six sherds of Medieval coarse wares. 36.1 grams.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 26th August 2011
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