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Description: | A fragment of a handmade fired clay object of unidentifiable form. It could possibly be a piece of fired daub, as twig/plant impressions are present on the rear surface of the fragment. The fragment is 37.52mm in length, 24.97mm wide and 13.18mm thick. It weighs 9.4 grams. The fragment of fired clay has a fabric similar to that published as MAL B (Palaeozoic limestone tempered type) in McSloy 2006, p 39, dated to the Middle Iron Age to the Early Roman Period (-500 BC to 200 AD). Sherd specific details: Fabric type: Occasional metamorphic/Malvernian rock inclusions, frequent mica. Sherd type: fragment Wall thickness: n/a Firing condition: Unoxidised Hardness: hard Surface texture: Rough, soapy Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded. Fragment 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. Cirencester McSloy, E.R. 2006 The Pottery pp37-57 in Coleman, Hancocks and Watts 2006
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