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Description: | A small vessel sherd dating from the Roman period, i.e. c. AD43-410. It weighs 10.96g and measures 39.09 x 26.76 x 7.49mm. The sherd comes of the bottom of a Roman black-burnished were storage vessel or urn. These vessels are fairly common in Cumbria and although they where domestic wares, they were also used as urns in cemeteries, e.g. Brougham and Beckfoot. These vessel are usually vase- or jar-shaped with a wide mouth opening and a small, curvy outwards-facing rim. They are mostly made from a dark or lighter grey fabric with a darker grey slip covering the surface. The typical decoration of these vessel is a faint cross-hatching on the shoulder and slightly above it. The fabric is usually quartzite-tempered and has many smaller and medium-size inclusions.
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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