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Description: | A fragment of a vessel of Early-medieval date (AD 700-1066). The sherd is from the neck of a vessel and represents the join between a thickened, collared rim a straight-sided body, the vessel is thus of unclear function. The fabric is a pale orange-brown, burnished to black on the exterior surface only and soft fired. The ceramic is abundantly porous, both within the fabric and with voids breaking a the surface up to 3mm length. The temper is rarely micaceous, with rare white-quartz c.1mm in length. Lateral striations on the exterior body suggest is has been smoothed and wiped prior to firing.The unusual nature of this fabric is consistent with a group of loosely-defined sherds from the Coppergate excavations in York, described as 'Handmade Ware Type 2': "The sherds are generally soft-fired, thick-walled and reduced. Tempering agents are rare or absent and limited to very fine quartz sand and organic material The surfaces show evidence of some knife-trimming, smoothing, wiping or slight burnishing and exteriors are usually sooted". (Mainman 1990: 398-400). The context for these sherds is Anglo-Scandinavian in date, but limitations in dating them suggest a late Anglian to Anglo-Scandinavian date".Mainman, A. 1990. Anglo-Scandinavian Pottery from Coppergate (The Archaeology of York 16/5). York: York Archaeological Trust.
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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