File:Bronze Age,Fired clay vessel (FindID 275349).jpg

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Bronze_Age:Fired_clay_vessel
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Teresa Gilmore, 2010-03-27 08:40:55
Title
Bronze_Age:Fired_clay_vessel
Description
English: A fragment of a handmade fired clay object, possibly part of a loom weight or oven plate.

The sherd is 8.58mm thick and weighs 11.1g. It is 41.95mm long and 32.29mm wide.

The sherd consists of a fragment of fired clay, in a fabric is similar to that published as GR2 (fine grog/clay pellet with some leached shell) in McSloy 2007, p 25, dated to the Bronze Age (c.2150 BC to c.800 BC) but without the fossil shell.

Sherd specific details: Fabric type: Grog tempered Sherd type: Fragment Wall thickness: 8.58mm Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core Hardness: medium Surface texture: Slightly soapy Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded

Sherd/fragment was photographed.

Reference: Hart, J. and Alexander, M. 2007 Prehistoric, Romano-British and Medieval Remains at Blenheim Farm, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire: Excavations in 2003. Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Reports No. 5. Cotswold Archaeology. Cirencester.

McSloy, E.R. 2007 The Pottery pp24-34 in Hart and Alexander 2007
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 2150 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 275349
Old ref: WMID-2FDEC7
Filename: WMID-2FDEC7.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/274091
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/274091/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/275349
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