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Description: | Fragment of a ceramic vessel, likely to be a jug. The fragment consists of part of a handle. The fabric is a dark grey, hard and has a smooth texture. There are long, thin voids visible in the breaks, possibly indicating a grass or straw temper. In addition, there are well very small rounded silver mica inclusions comprising of less that 5% of the breaks. The fragment is oval in section, tapering in width from one end to the other. The break at the widest point is old and worn whilst the narrow break is more recent. The fragment is of uncertain type and therefore difficult to date. Silver mica is indicative of Essex and East Anglian vessels at all periods.It measures 75.6mm in length, 48.3mm in width at the widest end and 30.8mm at the narrowest end, is 21.8mm in thickenss and weighs 68.1g.
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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