Ceramic vessel
Comment
The base of a large ceramic vessel survived as a container for the hoard. It was probably truncated by the plough, as the breaks appear fresh and the upper part of the vessel has not survived. The base and lower part are partially intact and accompanied by 6 to 7 joining body sherds and 20 bags of loose body sherds of varying size. The surviving height of the vessel is 173 mm and the maximum external diameter 245 mm. The base diameter is 115 mm, and the body sherds are on average about 8 mm thick. The body widens from the flat base and begins to narrow where the pot has been truncated.
Staining from the coins is visible on the interior of the pot. There are some horizontal striations on the exterior but no other decoration. The base is crudely finished and still covered in sandy soil. The vessel is wheel made in a pinkish-red oxidised fabric with a grey core. Small quartz inclusions are visible and occasional voids are left by organic temper. It is tentatively identified as a Severn Valley oxidised ware storage jar, dated from the second to the fourth century, but requires further examination by a local pottery expert.
Preservation
body
Form
Storage jar
Material
Ceramic
Hoard
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