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Description: | A rimsherd of a handmade ceramic vessel.The sherd is 8.5 mm thick and weighs 10.5 g. It is 24.9 mm long and 35.5 mm wide.The sherd consists of a rimsherd, in a fabric similar to that published as SH1 (Standard common fossil shell type, with occasional quartz inclusions) in McSloy 2006, p 38, dated to Middle to Late Iron Age (500 BC to 100 AD). Sherd specific details:Fabric type: SH1b frequent fossil shell, with occasional quartz inclusionsSherd type: rimsherdRim type: Rounded Direct (RD)Rim diameter: 16 cm% of Rim present: 5%Wall thickness: 8.5 mmFiring condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior.Hardness: MediumSurface texture: Smooth.Surface decoration: noneCondition 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
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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