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A drawing of a Bronze Age/Iron Age rim sherd.
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Candy Stevens, Angie Bolton, 2004-08-26 18:42:12
Title
A drawing of a Bronze Age/Iron Age rim sherd.
Description
English: A rimsherd of a handmade ceramic vessel.

The sherd is 7.33mm thick and weighs 11.4g. It is 33.36mm long and 34.35mm wide.

The sherd consists of a rimsherd, in a fabric is 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: frequent fossil shell
Sherd type: Rimsherd
Rim type: RD (Rounded Direct)
Diameter of Rim: 14cm
Percentage of Rim present: 7%
Wall thickness: 7.33mm
Firing condition: unoxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Smooth, slightly soapy.
Condition 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. Cirencester

McSloy, E.R. 2006 The Pottery pp37-57 in Coleman, Hancocks and Watts 2006
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 500 BC and 100
Accession number
FindID: 73477
Old ref: WAW-E1E172
Filename: WAW-E1E172.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/34786
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/34786/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/73477
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Object location52° 03′ 23.04″ N, 1° 32′ 11.72″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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