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Description: | A small assemblage of pottery and burnt human bone dating to the second or third centuries AD, clearly part of a cremation burial. The assemblage comprises
a) Four joining fragments of a Form 35 Samian dish. It has curved walls and an overhanging rim which is decorated with applied barbotine leaves. There is a groove internally at the junction of wall and rim. This form was at its most popular in the late second century AD.
b) Two joining fragments of a Central Gaulish Form 31a Samian bowl. It possesses a typical convex basal interior with central potter's stamp reading AVITIMA (a contraction of AVITI MANV - by the hand of Avitus) Avitus was a potter working at Lezoux in the early second century AD.
c) A large sherd of a Curle 15 Samian dish. It has a flaring wall and is concave externally. The rim turns upwards to form a lip. It dates from the second century AD.
d) A small abraded body sherd of a decorated Samian ware vessel, possibly a Form 29 bowl. The decoration comprises a partial block with beaded diagonal borders enclosing rows of leaf tips. It probably dates from the late 1st century AD.
e) A fragmentary greyware jar, comprising 1 large base sherd, 25 body sherds and 1 rim sherd. The jar is likely to date from the second or third century AD and contained the cremated human bone.
f) More than 40 small fragments of burnt bone, presumably human although there are no clearly diagnostic pieces, save one flat fragment which may represent a small portion of skull. Inscription: AVITIMA | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Walton, Phillippa - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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