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Description: | Two bodysherds of two different handmade ceramic vessels.Sherd 1 is 12.18mm thick and weighs 11.9g. It is 25.87mm long and 40.13mm wide.Sherd 2 is 10.37mm thick and weighs 10.4g. It is 31.61mm long and 34.29mm wide.Together they weigh 22.3g.The sherds consists of two bodysherds, in a fabric is similar to that published as SH1 (Standard common fossil shell type) in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD) but with occasional small annular metamorphic rock inclusions.Sherd 1 specific details:Fabric type: frequent fossil shell, occasional metamorphic rock inclusions.Sherd type: bodysherdWall thickness: 12.18mmFiring condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior.Hardness: mediumSurface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.Sherd 2 specific details:Fabric type: frequent fossil shell, occasional metamorphic rock inclusions.Sherd type: bodysherdWall thickness: 10.37mmFiring condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.Hardness: MediumSurface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.Sherds were not 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 | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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