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Description: | Fragment of Roman, slipped, samian ware cup, including rim and base. There are two 0.47-0.46 mm incised lines running around the rim of the vessel 2.02mm beneath the rims edge; a 1.45mm single incised line running across the body of the vessel and a 3mm - 1.78mm line running along the vessel where the body and base meet. The fabric is hard, fine, silty, well mixed and orange in colour. There is one black inclusion 6.48mm in length and 1.84mm thick, in the vessels wall. The vessel is 51.29mm in length, the rim is 4,72 mm thick, and where the vessel body meets the base it is 5.36mm thick. The base is 4.06mm thick and 7.04mm tall. The base of the foot is 42.98mm in diameter.The cup is form 33 (Liang.L. 2003:53-4) and due to the exterior groove around the mid-point can be dated to the 2nd century AD. Similar cups can be seen in the database: KENT-784D27 and HAMP-DC50D3 .
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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