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jar (cooking pot)

Accession number: 30.21
Collection place: South Hertfordshire/north Middlesex
Production date: Medieval; late 12th-mid 14th century
Material: ceramic; earthenware
Measurements: H 330 mm; DM (rim) 297 mm
Museum Section: Medieval
Summary: South Hertfordshire-type greyware jar or cooking pot, with two horizontal bands of applied, thumbed strips around the body.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)
Category: Medieval unglazed ware.
Sub-category: South Hertfordshire greyware.