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Description: | A bodysherd of a handmade ceramic vessel.The sherd is 8.51mm thick and weighs 5.4g. It is 23.19mm long and 32.17mm wide.The sherd consists of a bodysherd 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 specific details:Fabric type: frequent fossil shell, occasional metamorphic rock inclusions.Sherd type: bodysherdWall thickness: 8.51mmFiring condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.Hardness: MediumSurface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded.Sherd was 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
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