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Description: | Four small sherds of Roman Samian ware, dateable to the 2nd-3rd century AD.
1) A plain rim sherd with satin orange-red slip and orange fabric. The fabric is well fired, micaceous and contains occasional small white flecks. Probably made in the Lezoux region of central Gaul between c. 120 AD and the late 2nd Century. The sherd is 39.17mm long, 29.73mm wide, 5.04mm thick and weighs 6.76g
2) A very slighty everted rim sherd with a small round perforation 13mm from the rim. The slip is worn but reddish brown in colour. The fabric is pinkish brown and grainy and possibly contains occasional flecks of mica. This sherd also probably derives from the Lezoux region of central Gaul in the 2nd century AD. It measures 28.75mm x 19.41mm x 5.17mm thick and weighs 4.86g.
3) A small body sherd with matt brown slip and light pink fabric containing occasional large pieces of chalk. It probably derives from the Trier region of East Gaul from the 2nd-mid 3rd century AD. It measures 37.73mm x 15.98mm x 6.07mm thick and weighs 3.08g.
4) A small base angle sherd with matt brown slip and pink fabric containing occasional flecks of chalk but no visible mica. Possibly from the Trier region of East Gaul and dating from the 2nd-mid 3rd century AD. It measures 32.58mm x 22.68mm x 4.31mm thick and weighs 3.55g.
The total assemblage weighs 18.27g. | 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: | 120
250 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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