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Description: | Two joining bodysherds/fragments of a handmade ceramic vessel. The first sherd is 11.70mm thick and weighs 7.4g. It is 39.64mm long and 21.04mm wide.The second sherd is 11.78mm thick and weighs 9.4g. The sherd is 34.27mm long and 24.66mm wide.Together they are 11.66mm thick and weigh 16.8g. They are 34.74mm long and 51.04mm wide.The sherd consists of a bodysherd in a fabric similar to that published as SH2 (sparse, coarse fossil shell 'variant') in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD). Two faint horizontal lines are present as decoration on the exterior of the two sherds.Sherd specific details:Fabric type: Sparse fossil shellSherd type: bodysherdWall thickness: 11.66mmFiring condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interiorHardness: mediumDecoration: Two faint horizontal lines on the exterior.Surface texture: soft, soapyCondition of sherds: slightly abradedSherds/fragments 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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