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Description: | A large rim sherd of a Roman ceramic vessel. The fabric is hard with large white calcite inclusions and the pottery is dark grey/black in colour. It has a laminated texture. The rim has a seating for a lid. It has a length of 82.56mm, width 34.38mm, thickness 15.36mm, weight 88.74g. A similar sherd can be seen in Laing 2003. Pottery in Britain 4000BC to AD1900 p. 60 no: 82 which is Huntcliffe calcite gritted ware from East Yorkshire. If this shard is the same, it dates from the late third to fourth century.
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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