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Description: | Body sherd from a large pottery vessel of medieval date (1100 - 1300). The exterior surface of the vessel is not heavily sooted suggesting that it is from a storage jar. The sherd is relatively large with no abraded edges, suggesting it has come from an undisturbed archaeological context. The fabric is a hard earthen ware which is mica rich, having abundant angular and sub-angular white quartz, coal-like (small shiny relatively soft stone) and grit-like inclusions. There is also a powdery white inclusion which may be decayed limestone. The fabric is a dark grey colour with pale brown coloured internal and exterior surface. The surface also has an orange hue, which may be due to iron panning / staining in the soil.The sherd measures 50.7mm length, 33.3mm width is 9.9mm thick and weighs 15.65 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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