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Description: | A bodysherd of a handmade ceramic vessel.The sherd is 7.42mm thick and weighs 5.0g. It is 22.34mm long and 28.45mm wide.The sherd consists of a bodysherd, in a fabric is 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) but with occasional small annular metamorphic rock inclusions. With decoration present, the sherd could date from the Early Iron Age (800 BC).Sherd specific details:Fabric type: frequent fossil shell, occasional metamorphic rock inclusions.Sherd type: bodysherdWall thickness: 7.42mmFiring condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.Hardness: HardDecoration: Fingertip impression on exterior surface.Surface texture: Smooth.Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.Sherd was 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
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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