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Description: | Body sherd from pottery vessel, probably a jar or dish of Roman Date (200-400 AD). The fabric of the sherd is a relatively hard fired earthenware with moderate to abundant, angular Malvernian rock fragments (<3.0mm). Fabric number ?19. The fabric colour is a grey and the outer surface is slightly burnished. The diameter of the vessel cannot be estimated due to the size of the sherd. There is also not enough of the body of the pot surviving to give an estimation of the depth or overall form/shape of the vessels. Given the composition of the fabric, the Malvern area seems the most likely source for this type. This form/fabric combination is a common find on early Roman sites in the Worcestershire area and a broad distribution pattern would include Herefordshire. Many of the forms found in this fabric were influenced by imported Black-Burnished wares and must be later than the second half of the 2nd century. The sherd measures 24.2mm length, 21.3mm width, 4.9mm thick and weighs 3.03 grams.
Thanks are extended to Derek Hurst of Worcestershire Archaeological Service. Information also taken from the online fabric series: http://www.worcestershireceramics.org/hms/object.php?type=fabrics&id=72 | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 200
400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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