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A view in plan and profile of a Bronze Age to Iron Age rim sherd.
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Angie Bolton, 2004-04-16 09:40:45
Title
A view in plan and profile of a Bronze Age to Iron Age rim sherd.
Description
English: A rimsherd of a handmade ceramic vessel.

The sherd is 10.89mm thick and weighs 22.6g. It is 43.75mm long and 35.5mm 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) but with occasional small annular metamorphic rock inclusions.

Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: frequent fossil shell, occasional metamorphic rock inclusions.
Sherd type: Rimsherd
Rim type: RD (Rounded Direct)
Diameter of Rim: 24cm
Percentage of Rim present: 4%
Wall thickness: 10.89mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, oxidised interior.
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Rough
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: 60353
Old ref: WAW-5FCCF7
Filename: WAW-5FCCF7-drw.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/23139
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/23139/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/60353
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current17:38, 31 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 17:38, 31 January 2017476 × 376 (20 KB) (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, WAW, FindID: 60353, iron age, page 1149, batch direction-asc count 746