File:Bronze Age, Ceramic vessel (FindID 417389).jpg

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Bronze Age: Ceramic vessel
Photographer
Birmingham Museums Trust, Teresa Gilmore, 2010-11-24 13:40:19
Title
Bronze Age: Ceramic vessel
Description
English: A bodysherd of a handmade ceramic vessel.

The sherd is 12.53mm thick and weighs 15.2g. It is 23.81mm long and 45.38mm wide.

The sherd consists of a bodysherd with a fabric consisting of frequent fine charcoal inclusions. The 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 with frequent charcoal inclusions.

Sherd specific details:
Fabric type: Frequent fine charcoal
Sherd type: bodysherd
Wall thickness: 12.53mm
Firing condition: oxidised exterior, unoxidised core, unoxidised interior.
Hardness: Hard
Surface texture: Smooth.
Condition of sherds: Slightly abraded

Sherd 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: 417389
Old ref: WAW-D148F7
Filename: WAW-D148F7.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/306121
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/306121/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/417389
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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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