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Description: | One sherd of a fineware pottery vessel of early Roman date. Part of the foot-ring base of a Terra Nigra jar. This is a wheel-thrown vessel. The fabric is mid grey in colour, well-fired and smooth to the touch. The surface is dark grey and has been burnished. Length 33mm, thickness of the foot-ring 4.58mm, weight 6.9g. Using a rim chart it can be calculated that the base would have been 90mm in diameter.'Terra Nigra' was produced in Gaul during the late 1st century BC into the 1st century AD and was imported from Gaul into Britain in the first century AD (circa AD 43-70). The items produced in this material were fine table wares for serving food & drink.
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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