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Description: | A Late Iron Age/ Early Roman body sherd and rim sherd. Both fragments are fully oxidised and appear an orange colour to the exterior surface, with a darker orange to the interior. The fabric of both sherds is sandy and includes small particles of mica and displays some small circular voids, possibly from organic matter, as well as very large irregular flint temper. This flint temper appears unsorted and large fragments protrude from both surfaces and in the section.The rim sherd has a beaded rim and is from a large storage jar. It measures 59.6mm in length, with a width of 46.4mm. The rim has a thickness of 22mm with the walls of the vessel tapering to 7.3mm in thickness at the break.The body sherd measures 51.15mm in length, with a width of 42.4mm and a thickness through the wall of 8.4mm.A combined weight is listed below.
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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