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Description: | A ceramic body sherd from a vessel of possible Iron Age date (c. 700 BC - AD 43). The fabric is a reduced baclk throughout and has abundant poorly sorted quartz temper and mica inclusions. The outer surface is decorated with a band comprising two parallel horizontal grooves with a series of diagonal grooves in between. Below this are two pairs of diagonal grooves forming a chevron pattern which is in turn bordered below by two parallel horizontal grooves with a series of diagonal grooves in between. All edges terminate in old breaks.The sherd measures 32.74mm in length, 46.87mm in width, is 8.49mm thick and weighs 16.09g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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