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Early Medieval ceramic crucible
Type series of knobs and restored bowls. Tall knob of irregular ovoid section in a porous fabric which is grey in fracture and buff to grey on the outer surface. There are some dark brown grains as well as much quartz in the backing. Slight traces of vitrification where the knob rises from the lid.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/L.4
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section 11; Cut XXII, Layers (2c), Context C C: Black, usually greasy soil, with small angular rubble; much bone, charcoal flecking; rich in finds.
Measurements
weight / g:12.3
height / mm:29
minimum thickness / mm:15
thickness / mm
maximum thickness / mm:18
thickness / mm
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