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Early Medieval pottery cooking pot
Fragment from the body of a wide-mouthed, round-bodied cooking-pot: Form E1. The rim is everted and the internal bevel is slightly channeled. The change of angle between neck and body is very slight. Very hard buff fabric with much quartz grit and a little grog. The upper exterior has a thin buff wash marked by fine horizontal striations or wiping.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/E.208
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section 5; Cut XVII, Layer (13), Context D D: Large, often slabby stones, with smaller stones interspersed; dark humus-soil; relatively few bones or finds. Excavation conducted in the promontory fort and the adjoining hill-slope enclosure. Cwm George : Cwrt-yr-Ala Park
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
weight / g:14.9
thickness / mm:6
Material
white ware
quartz tempered
grog tempered
iron ore tempered
Techniques
wheel-thrown
Location
In store
Categories
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