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Description: | Eleven fragments of sand tempered pale grey/buff wares from the late 1st to 4th centurys AD. The fragments are ten body sherds and one rim sherd. All are highly abraded. Some have areas that have oxidised to orange but the majority are grey/buff in colour. The fragments represent at a minimum 7 different vessels. Rim sherd: Pale grey, wide flat rim meeting the body at 90 degrees, raised concentric circle on lower side from wheel throwing; see photograph. 36.6mm long, 21.9mm wide and 7.3mm thick; it weighs 8.31 grams.Body sherds:Fragment 1: Pale grey, possibly same vessel as the rim sherd, 18.1mm long, 20.4mm wide and 6.4mm thick; it weighs 2.26 grams.Fragment 2: Very pale grey, 27.2mm long, 17.7mm wide, 7.3mm thick and 4.60 grams.Fragment 3: Mostly grey with some oxidisation to buff on the outside. 40.5mm long, 23.6mm wide and 9.4mm thick; it weighs 13.13 grams.Fragment 4: Mostly grey with some oxidisation to orange on one side. 32.6mm long, 30.5mm wide and 11.7mm thick; it weighs 12.11 grams.Fragment 5-7 could have come from the same vessel.Fragment 5: Pale grey/buff. 33.1mm long, 17.4mm wide and 7.1mm thick; it weighs 5.06 grams.Fragment 6: Pale grey/buff. 33.8mm long, 34.8mm wide and 7.8mm thick; it weighs 11.56 grams.Fragment 7: Pale grey/buff. 31.8mm long, 32.5mm wide and 7.3mm thick; it weighs 9.82 grams.Fragment 8: Pale grey/buff, indented horizontal line, so worn as to obscure details of breaks. 26.7mm long, 17.6mm wide and 5.4mm thick; it weighs 2.55 grams.Fragment 9: Mostly grey with some oxidisation to orange on one side. 23.8mm long, 22.4mm wide and 6.7mm thick; it weighs 4.63 grams.Fragment 10: Oxidised to orange on all sides, so abraded as to make origiobnal breaks unclear, triangular in cross section. 18.34mm long, 20.1mm wide and 11.8mm thick; it weighs 3.15 grams.
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