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Description: | A basesherd of a handmade ceramic vessel.
The sherd is 10.06mm thick and weighs 6.1g. It is 18.41mm long and 25.64mm wide.
The sherd consists of a basesherd, in a fabric is similar to that published as SH2 (sparse, coarse fossil shell 'variant') in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD).
Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: Sparse fossil shell, occasional mica
Sherd type: basesherd
Base type: FLP (Flat base, pinched out at circumference)
Diameter of Base: 18cm
Percentage of Base present: 4%
Wall thickness: 10.06mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior.
Hardness: Medium
Surface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherd was photographed and illustrated.
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. Cirencester
McSloy, E.R. 2006 The Pottery pp37-57 in Coleman, Hancocks and Watts 2006 | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -500
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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