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Description: | Two bodysherds of a handmade ceramic vessel.Sherd 1 is 9.87mm thick and weighs 17.2g. It is 30.11mm long and 54.82mm wide.Sherd 2 is 8.80mm thick and weighs 8.1g. It is 23.67mm long and 32.89mm wide.Together they weigh 25.3g.The sherds consists of two bodysherds, in a fabric similar to that published as SH1 (Standard common fossil shell type) in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD). Sherd 1 has probable decoration in the form of a fingertip impression. With decoration, the sherds could date from the Early Iron Age (800 BC), if not earlier.Sherd 1 specific details:Fabric type: Frequent fossil shellSherd type: bodysherdWall thickness: 9.87mmFiring condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior.Hardness: HardDecoration: fingertip impression.Surface texture: Slightly rough.Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.Sherd 2 specific details:Fabric type: Frequent fossil shellSherd type: bodysherdWall thickness: 8.80mmFiring condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.Hardness: MediumSurface texture: Slightly rough.Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.Sherd 1 was photographed. Sherd 2 was not photographed.Reference: Coleman, L., Hancocks, A., and Watts, M. 2006 Excavations on the Wormington to Tirley Pipeline, 2000. Four sites by the Carrant Brook and River Isbourne, Gloucestershire and Worchestershire. Cotswold Archaeology Monograph No. 3. CirencesterMcSloy, E.R. 2006 The Pottery pp37-57 in Coleman, Hancocks and Watts 2006
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