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Description: | Roman ceramics: 5 sherds of greyware (a sample of a much larger collection) Greyware was used throughout the Roman period, as a standard, utilitarian ceramic. The forms and fabrics represented here are typical of the 2nd and 3rd-centuries AD.
Total mass 88g.
Sherd 1: 48mm x 19mm x 6mm, 7g. Mid-grey suface and core, burnished surface with trellis ornament.
Sherd 2: Body sherd. 43mm x 39mm x 6mm , 12g. Trellis ornament, pale grey surface, buff core.
Sherd 3: Base and body sherd. 43mm x 33mm x 8mm, 18g. Cream-coloured slip, typical of pottery from Highgatw Wood, London.
Sherd 4: Rim and body sherd. 56mm x 38mm x 5mm, 16g. Thin-walled, deep grey surface, cream core and interior face. From a bowl-shaped form of uncertain date.
Sherd 5: Rim and body sherd. 68mm x 42mm x 9mm, 35g. Developed, bevelled rim. typical of the early to mid-2nd-century. Dark grey surface. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ashby, Steven - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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