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Description: | 4 sherds of Black Burnished ware. Poole/Wareham industry BB1 fabric. Reduced grey fabric with abundant, rounded, translucent, quartz sand (up to 2 mm) and occasional shale, iron and flint pieces (up to 5mm). All are fragments of countersunk handles from flagons and jugs. 2 are of WA type 202 (oval sectioned rod handles) and one is of WA type 205 (strap handle with a raised ridge). The sherds are abraded. Handmade vessels.
Date: Roman - 1st century 4th Century AD
Weight: 61g
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: | Strap Handles | 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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