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Description: | The sherd is a vessel rim fragment, probably a shallow platter. The fabric is a fine ware which is a mid orange colour with small white chalk inclusions. The surface of the sherd is shiny, possibly through burnishing and has a moulded decoration around the rim. The decoration consists of two long leaves with a narrow stem in the centre. The stem continues onto the next motif. Between each motif the stem has a pellet either side as if it were a flower. Below the rim there is a fine painted line, which is a brown slip. In profile the sherd has a shallow arching rim which leads straight to the foot ring on the exterior. On the interior the base of the platter is off-set from the rim. The sherd weighs 32.8g.The fabric is probably Oxfordshire Colour Coat Ware which is trying to imitate a Samian vessel form. Young (Young, C. J. 2000 The Roman Pottery Industry of the Oxford Region BAR British Series 43) illustrates similar vessel, No. O50.1 which is thought to date to c. 240 and 400 AD.
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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