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Description: | A Black-burnished 1 ware dish, dating from the Roman period.The dish survives almost intact. It is oval in plan, with slightly bowed vertical sides and a flat base. The uneven nature of the vessel is due to it having been made by hand. The rim is vertical, with no outward or inward projection. There is, however, a pair of moulded handles, one of which is located at either end of the dish. The one intact handle projects outwards at 90 degrees from the side, its upper surface segmented by three longitudinal grooves, its underside tapering smoothly into the outer wall of the vessel. The only damage to the vessel* is at the point of the other handle, which appears to have been of similar form. This break reveals the light brown, sandy fabric. The shiny black surfaces of the vessel indicate that it has been coated in soot and then burnished, while a number of longitudinal striations on the outer surface are probably also testament to this process. In addition, three longitudinal zig-zag lines have been crudely scratched into the inner surface of the base. The vessel measures 134mm long, 85mm wide and 34.2mm high. The weight is 188.67g.Black-burnished 1 ware (BB1) derived from late Iron Age Durotrigan pottery traditions. Produced in the Wareham/Poole Harbour region, its distribution up until AD c. 120 was largely confined to Dorset, Devon and South Wales; however, around AD 120 production and distribution appears to have been significantly increased and it is at this time that the pottery started to be traded with the south-east and as far north as Hadrian's wall (Tyers 1996: 182-186). According to Ciorstaidh Hayward-Trevarthen (pers. comm.), this vessel form is the same as a Wessex Archaeology type 21 "fish-dish", which has been dated to the 3rd or 4th century (Seagar-Smith 1993: 232). Such vessels are more common in Wales and the Midlands than in the south-west of England. The burnished surface with wavy or zig-zag line decoration on the inside is usual on this form.
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