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Description: | Twenty-five ceramic wheel-thrown vessel sherds, probably dating from the 1st-4th century AD. These include one small Samian body sherd (dimensions: 24 x 15mm; thickness: 4mm; weight: 0.90g); one orange ware handle sherd (dimensions: 34 x 33.5mm; thickness: 19mm; weight: 10.75g); one grey ware base sherd (dimensions: 33 x 31mm; thickness: 18mm; weight: 7.73g); two grey ware neck sherds (average thickness: 8mm; group weight: 23.18g); one orange ware rim sherd (dimensions: 37 x 17mm; thickness: 12mm; weight: 7.13g); five orange ware body sherds (average thickness: 6mm; group weight: 35.77g) and fourteen grey ware body sherds (average thickness: 6mm; group weight: 132.53g). The orange and grey ware sherds are probably Severn Valley ware, with a hard but fine-textured fabric. The sherds are slightly micaceous and are undecorated. Widely distributed Severn Valley forms include handled tankards, storage and wide-mouthed jars, with production flourishing during the 2nd and early 3rd and continuing into the 4th century AD. Several 2nd/ 3rd century kiln sites are known, extending through the Severn valley (Alkington, Ledbury, Malvern, Perry Barr) to Wroxeter. The earliest production centres are not yet identified, but they were perhaps in the Gloucester region. During the mid 1st century AD, distribution was largely confined to sites in the Severn valley near the Gloucester region, but from the later 1st century, distributions were present at and around Wroxeter and Chester. The pottery is abundant on sites in the lower Severn basin through the 2nd/ 3rd century, but there was extension of small-scale supply to north-west England and near Hadrian??s Wall and Scotland in the 2nd century (Tyers, 1996, page 197-9). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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