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Description: | 42 sherds of a Roman ceramic vessel. There are 3 rim sherds, not forming the complete rim. There are 3 base sherds forming the complete base. there are 36 body sherds, forming about 75% of the body. Many of the sherds can be fitted together.This is a coarse ware vessel, with a hard grey fabric. there are frequent small, sub angular, white quartz inclusions and occasional medium to small, sub rounded grey stone inclusions. IT is gritty to the touch. The core of the fabric is a blue/grey in colour, with a red band around the outside, and then a further grey band around that. this features throughout the vessel. The vessel was clearly subjected to inconsistent firing temperatures.This is likely to be a local coarse ware, dating to 175 AD - 300AD. It is a large storage jar, with a beveled rim.This vessel is believed to have contained the remains of a cremated young dog.Data is held for the measurements and weights for all the sherds.Total Weight 1528.47Rim diameter 20cm; base diameter 11.09cm; height of complete vessel 30cm
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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