This was a non-mandatory field. Both the letters and the numbers were required, and either the 6 or the 8-digit number was to be used, except when requested not to do so for security reasons by local curators. Up to three different entries could be used. This is the quantity of sherds in the collection. This was based on the surveyor's assessment from the illustrations or text.
Total profiles are the best possible indicators of condition, partial profiles next, etc.
If the collection has not been published, the surveyor was to try and find out if there are any plans to do so. For unpublished collections, this field was also to fulfil the role of the Comments field which would then be transferred to the appropriate location on the database during computerisation. Auth, Date etc. This is the full pottery report publication reference. Surveyors were asked to use the Harvard system of referencing as appropriate and also the Council for British Archaeology's recommended format for abbreviations of journals.