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Description: | 2. One body fragment/ sherd of a wheel-thrown ceramic Samian vessel, dating from the Roman period, between AD 43-150 (63.5mm x 65.5mm; thickness: 8mm; weight: 37.19g). The smooth and fairly hard-fired fabric of this sherd is light orange/ brown in colour with infrequent small grit inclusions and is coated on both sides with a dark orange/red gloss glaze. The outside of the vessel sherd is highly decorated with a moulded ??ovolo?? (also known as ??egg-and-dart?? or ??egg-and-tongue?? frieze decoration) design, which is most commonly used as the upper border of design on Samian pottery, indicating that this sherd could be from the top part of the body of a open dish or bowl or a similar type of tableware. The moulded decoration below this ??ovolo?? decoration is separated into zones by beaded lines, with a female figure (whose hair appears to be placed in a bun behind her head) facing left and holding a wreath in one of these areas. This form of decoration is similar to an example illustrated in Webster, P, 2005, ??Roman Samian Pottery in Britain??, pages 80-1, fig 57, form 37, from Southern Gaul, where the use of human figures on the Samian is a common feature. The sherd/ fragment is in a worn but fair condition, with most of the glaze and decoration intact. | 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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