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Description: | One base fragment/ sherd and one rim fragment/ sherd of probable Severn Valley ware, dating to the Roman period, between AD 100 - 400 (average thickness: 5.5mm x 13.5mm; collective weight: 71.49g).The smooth and fairly hard-fired fabric of these sherds is light orange in colour with a light grey core in the base sherd. Additionally, there are small frequent grit inclusions within the fabric. The rim sherd is likely to have broken from a medium-sized bowl. Overall, the fragments/ sherds are in a worn but fair condition.Severn Valley ware has a hard, fine-textured fabric, typically brown or reddish-orange at the surface and sometimes with a grey core (particularly in the thicker parts). The fabric is slightly micaceous with little visible temper, but coarser 'gritted' (with sand, grog and clay pellets as well as a little iron ore) or vesicular (?burnt organic) variants known. Surfaces are usually burnished and mostly wheel-thrown. Severn Valley comes in a variety of forms including storage jars, bead-rim jars, wide mouthed jars, bowls, tankards, flanged bowls, dishes/ platters and lids. This ware flourishes in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, and continues into the 4th century. There area a number of kiln sites dating to the 2nd/ 3rd century at Alkington, Glos; Ledbury, Herefordshire; Wroxeter, Salop; Bransford, Worcs; Great Malvern, Worcs and Malvern Link, Worcs.Ref: Tyers, P, 1996, 'Roman Pottery in Britain', pages 197-99.
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