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Description: | A Roman pottery body sherd from a tazza in Verulamium Region White Ware (1st - 2nd century). The sherd is from the carinated shoulder and has a raised band on the carination with a row of stabbed decoration. The fabric of the moratorium is rough and granular, off white, with abundant, well-sorted quartz inclusions.The broken edges are rounded suggesting the breaks occurred in antiquity.Davies, Richardson & Tomber (1994:51) write that the function of tazze are unknown but examples have been found with internal scorching suggesting possible use as lampholders or incense burners. Complete examples have a hollow pedestal base that may indicate they were placed on poles (ibid.).Dimensions: weight: 18.03g.Reference: Davies, B., Richardson, B. & Tomber, R. 1994. A Dated Corpus of Early Roman Pottery from the City of London. The Archaeology of Roman London Volume 5. CBA Research Report 98. Museum of London: London.
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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