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Description: | Two fragments of ceramic vessel of probable Roman date. The fragments are both of the same course ware fabric, with reddish-brown surfaces and thick dark grey or black core. There are frequent unsorted inclusions of quartz, red-brown iron-rich inclusions and shell. There appear to be abundant inclusions of shell 'plates' (up to 4mm), which have been dissolved out leaving flat voids in surface. The exterior surfaces of both fragments have been decorated with cross hatched combing.One fragment is a rim sherd, (L-55.5mm, W-41.2mm, Th-8.3mm, 29.1 grams) with a beaded rim. There are signs of sooting around the to 20mm of the rim. A rim chart suggests that the vessel would have had a diameter of 27.5cm.The other fragment is an irregular body sherd ( L- 35.5mm, W -21.6mm, Th - 9.2mm, 8.41 grams).This suggests that these fragments are from North Kent shell-tempered storage jars:http://potsherd.net/atlas/Ware/NKSH
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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