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Description: | A rimsherd of a handmade ceramic vessel, possibly a storage jar.The sherd is 8.2 mm thick and weighs 21.2g. It is 50.2 mm long and 16.0 mm wide.The sherd consists of a rimsherd, in a fabric 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).Sherd specific details:Fabric type: SH1 frequent fossil shellSherd type: RimsherdRim type: EVR (everted rounded)Diameter of Rim: 150 mmPercentage of Rim present: 15 %Wall thickness: 8.3 mmFiring condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, variable interior.Hardness: MediumSurface texture: SmoothCondition of sherds: Slightly abraded.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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