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Description: | A base and lower body sherd from a Mancetter-Hartshill mortaria (72mm x 68mm with a thickness of 15.5mm at the edge of the base). The sherd has a fine-textured and powdery fabric with an off-white/ pink core and inclusions of fine quartz and occasional red-brown and white particles as well as iron trituration grit on the inside of the vessel, mostly spread around the sides. The grit does not seem to be very worn which may indicate that the vessel was not used much. This type of mortaria has its main source at Mancetter and Hartshill on the Warwickshire/ Leicestershire border, where many kilns have been recorded and excavated. Unfortunately, without part of the rim, it is difficult to date the sherd closely, but the curved base indicates it is probably later in date between 200-350 AD. Its distribution is extensive in the Midlands and north during this time (Tyers, 1997, page 123).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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