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Description: | This is a Roman incomplete ceramic miniature tazza in Verulamium Region White Ware, dating AD43-200. Approximately 60% of the body and all of the base are missing. The remaining section shows a carinated body with a hollow stem. The everted rim and the carination are decorated with stabbed diagonal lines repeated, creating a twisted rope effect. There are traces of burning on this vessel.Similar larger tazze are illustrated in Davies, Richardson & Tomber (1994:50-1). The authors write that the function is unknown, but several show evidence of scorching on the internal surface and may have been used as lampholders or incense burner. Their high base cavities suggest that they may have been placed on poles.Dimensions: weight: 53.78g.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.
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