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Description: | An un-diagnostic body sherd from a relatively thick walled pottery vessels; not enough survives to indicate the form or overall size. The sherd is most likely to date from the later medieval period (1250 - 1450). It is irregular in plan and curved in profile. The fabric is a relatively hard fired earthenware with a number of small angular and sub-angular grit, black iron stone, and rose quartz inclusions. The fabric is also mica rich. The colour of the fabric is a two tone with the outer surface being a brown black colour and the inner being a grey brown. There is no glaze or applied surface present, however, the outer surface has been burnished and is relatively smooth. There is also some evidence of sooting or heating in a fire. Not enough of the vessel survives to suggest the size or form, and the sherd is particularly plough worn and abraded. It is likely to come from the body, rather than the rim or base of a vessel, probably used in the kitchen or at the table where it would be heated (although not to the same extent as a cooking pot). The inner surface has an iron (mid brown orange coloured) coating and this is most likely to be due to the iron rich burial environment. The sherd measures: 26.6mm in length, 44.3mm width, is 7mm thick and weighs 8.9 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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