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Description: | A rim sherd of a wheel made ceramic mortarium/mortaria. The rim has a horizontal 'S' shaped profile which forms a cordon on the upper interior edge. Only a fragment of the bowl remains. The fabric, a white ware, is hard has a fine texture. There are small red inclusions within the fabric. The sherd is abraded, weighs 60.3 grams. The sherd is possibly Oxfordshire white ware mortaria, which dates to c. 240 to 300 AD (Young, C. 2000 The Roman Pottery Industry of the Oxford Region BAR British Series 43 pp. 61ff). The rim is possibly a type M17 (Young, p. 72).
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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