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Description: | Three (3) bodysherds of several handmade ceramic vessels.
Sherd 1 is 14.22mm thick and weighs 18.9g. It is 30.88mm long and 40.07mm wide.
Sherd 2 is 12.11mm thick and weighs 19.2g. It is 35.86mm long and 38.06mm wide.
Sherd 3 is 12.87mm thick and weighs 8.5g. It is 20.98mm long and 39.72mm wide.
Together all three sherds weigh 46.7g.
The sherds consists of three 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 specific details:
Fabric type: Frequent fossil shell
Sherd type: bodysherd
Wall thickness: 14.22mm
Firing condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.
Hardness: Medium
Surface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherd 2 specific details:
Fabric type: Frequent fossil shell
Sherd type: bodysherd
Wall thickness: 12.11mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.
Hardness: Medium
Surface texture: Slightly rough
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherd 3 specific details:
Fabric type: Frequent fossil shell
Sherd type: bodysherd
Wall thickness: 12.87mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.
Sherds were 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. 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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