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Description: | A sherd from the rim of a vessel of probable medieval (1150-1300) date. The external face of the sherd is sooted and so most likely to be from a cooking pot. The fabric of the sherd is a relatively hard earthenware with a number of small angular and sub-angular grit and white quartz and small fragments of coal inclusions. There is also a large amount of mica in the fabric. The fabric colour of the sherd is a light grey colour, however the external face is slightly oxidised (orange) and has a surface of black carbon - soot-like- deposit. The rim has an out-turned swollen lip and is heavily recessed. A suggested diameter of the rim is 32cm; the sherd represents 7% of the rim. The height or capacity of the vessel cannot be estimated. The sherd measures 41.9mm length, 69.2mm width, is 10.1mm thick (rim), 4.0mm thick (body) and weighs 21.44 grams.
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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