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Description: | A ceramic base mortarium sherd. The fabric is slightly soft with a powdery surface. It is an off-white colour and has a fine texture. The upper surface has situation grits consisting of frequent red/brown and dark grey angular grits of varying sizes. The sherd is slightly abraded, and weighs 77g. The sherd was probably made at Mancetter, Warwickshire. Mortaria from Mancetter dates to the 2nd to 4th centuries (Tyers, P. 1996 'Roman Pottery in Britain' Routledge).
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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