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Description: | Pottery cordoned rim sherd from a large jar with a rolled rim and larger applied cordon, immediately beneath it, with a groove between to define the cordons.
The sherd is a bright orangey colour throughout and the surfaces have been oxidised. The fabric contains mica, felspar and augite inclusions, which suggests that it is made from gabbroic clay, originating from the Lizard. The clay may have been made more iron rich in order for the jar to look more like the terracotta colour of the Roman imports at the time.
Romano-British in form.
Carlyon (1987) illustrates a similar example from Carvossa on page 111, Fig.3, No.100, which dates from the first to the third century AD.
Quinnell (2004) illustrates similar examples on page 119, Fig.57, Nos.98, which dates to c.AD 150-325. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tyacke, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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