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Description: | A rim sherd from a large 1st-century Roman roll rim storage jar (rim dia.: c. 280mm by extrapolation based of the curvature of the rim). The sherd is very thick and sturdy, with large inclusions of flint temper plainly visible on inner and outer surfaces, as well as the cross-section revealed by fragmentation. The rim itself curves down onto the body of the vessel, which is straight for about 10mm before curving outward to present the typical closed form for these kinds of vessels. The vessel was probably made at Rowlands Castle, a known local Roman pottery manufacturing site, as were the majority of sherds found in the vicinity as part of a large assemblage. The examples are similar to those at Fishbourne Roman palace, and are estimated (by comparison with those in Cunliffe 1971, 211; ref. 162) to date to around AD 43-75, as does the entire assemblage. | Subjects: | jar | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Shipley, Lucy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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