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Description: | 1 sherd of Black Burnished ware. Poole/Wareham industry BB1 fabric. Reduced dark grey to black fabric (occasionally buff or orange oxidised) with abundant, rounded, translucent, quartz sand (up to 2 mm). The sherd is from a jar. A body sherd with burnished on the exterior and decoration in the form of an "eye" motif i.e. a circular groove with a raised boss in the centre. On the inside of the vessel is a slight concavity where the "boss" of the decorative element has been pushed out. The sherd is abraded. Handmade vessel.
Date: Roman 2nd century to 3rd century
Weight: 21g
Identified with guidance from Rachael Seagar-Smith
For the Wessex Archaeology type series see "Black Burnished Ware and other Southern British coarsewares" in Excavations at Greyhound Yard, Dorchester (1993) | Subjects: | Jar | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hayward Trevarthen, Ciorstaidh - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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