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Description: | Roman earthenware pottery vessel sherds x 5. Total weight 185.8g:(A) One Rim sherd from a colour coat vessel, possibly from a continental source. Everted hooked rim from a wide bowl; dark black-brown colour coat, pale fabric grey-white core, pale buff outer surfaces, fine, sparse bright red inclusions (0.5mm-0.9mm), sparse iron rich red-brown inclusions (c.0.9mm). Diameter of rim between 300mm-400mm (difficult to estimate more closely from this sherd), weight 21.6g.(B) Four Roman reduced fired greyware sherds, Total weight 164.2g. Numbered top to bottom, left to right:1. Simple everted rim from a small storage jar, even dark-grey coarse fabric, numerous well-sorted quartz sands (usually 0.2mm- 0.4mm, rare 1mm), common mica, sparse iron-rich? brown inclusions (0.4mm-0.9mm). Diameter c.180mm, weight 33.8g.2. Base sherd, ring foot, conical base. Dark grey fabric with cream inner surface; inclusions as above. Diameter of foot ring 100mm, weight 63.7g.3. Base sherd, plan base. Dark grey fabric with some cream on the inner surface. Inclusions as no.1. Diameter of base c.110mm, weight 45.8g.4. uncertain sherd - either pedestal base with the actual base sheared off cleanly (unlikely) or a rim sherd from a globular vessel with very narrow neck with plain flat rim. Dark grey with cream inner surface, fine, mica oaritcles, rare iron rich brown inclusions (2.0mm). Diameter of base / rim c.35mm, weight 20.9g.
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