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Description: | Large sherd of a Severn Valley Ware bowl or dish dating from the Roman period (100-400 AD). The sherd comprises the rim and stepped base of the vessel. The sherd is irregular in plan and profile. The fabric is a relatively soft fired earthen ware with a number of small angular and sub-angular grit, quartz and iron stone inclusions. The fabric is also mica rich. There are also a number of oval hollows within the fabric and it is possible that it originally contains oolitic limestone or decayed feldspar. The fabric colour is a uniform mid ?? grey orange and where it has been abraded has a powdery surface. The rim has not been decorated but the base has a series of turned circumferential ridges which form a foot. Approximately 22% of the rim survives. From the rim of the sherd a diameter for the pot can be estimated; this would be approximately 12cm. Approximately 43% of the base survives. From the circumference of this the base/foot had a diameter of approximately 7cm.The breaks are all water worn and abraded.
The sherd measures 74.5mm in length, 34.3mm high, maximum thickness (rim) 6.7mm, minimum thickness (base) 4.9mm. Weight 48.74 grams | Subjects: | Bowl | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Reavill, Peter - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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