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Description: | Two body sherds, two base sherds and one rim sherd of wheel-thrown ceramic Samian ware, dating to the Roman period, between AD 43 ?? 200 (thickness ranging from 4mm ?? 16.5mm; collective weight: 64.5g). The smooth and fairly hard-fired fabric of these sherds is light orange/ brown in colour with infrequent small grit inclusions. Most sherds are coated on both sides with a dark orange/red gloss glaze. Only one of these sherds is 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. No other decoration is visible on this sherd. Overall, all these sherds are in a worn and poor condition with sometimes only small areas of the gloss glaze remaining. | Subjects: | Samian | 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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