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Early Medieval pottery amphora
Fabric of amphora handle in a very sandy, pinkish-buff fabric characteristic of Class Bii.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/E.61
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 (15); Context B B: Reddish clay or soil with angular rubble or gravel, all with an unweathered freshly qurried appearance; very little bone or other rubbish. 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:119.5
thickness / mm:8
length / mm:113
width / mm:62
Material
oxidized ware
limestone tempered
mica tempered
Techniques
wheel-thrown
Location
In store
Categories
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