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Description: | An assemblage of 26 sherds of Roman pottery, separated into 7 fabrics.1. Two sherds of Savernake-type greyware dating from the 2nd to 3rd century AD (50-200). The sherds display the characteristic mid-grey to buff fabric with abundant grog and occasional iron-rich grains. Both sherds are from pot rims and suggest that the vessels were jars. The size varies from 32 to 55mm and the sherds collectively weigh 49.6 grams.2. Four sherds of (South-East) Dorset Black Burnished Ware 1 (DOR BB1) dating from the mid-2nd to 4th century AD (50-300). The fabric is dark grey to black and tempered with abundant well sorted quartz as well as occasional flint and mica. One sherd has an orange/buff exterior surface and patchy interior surface while another has a red/brown interior surface. The burnishing is semi-lustrous and occasionally patchy. One sherd is from the base of a vessel, one has both a portion of the base and rim and two fragments are rim sherds. Two of the sherds are from jars (the sherd with both rim and base and one of the rim sherds), the other base is from a bowl and the abraded rim sherd could not be identified further. The EVE diameter of the fragment with both rim and base is 11.25 +- 0.25 and is 6.56% complete. The EVE diameter of the jar rim sherd is 9.5 +-0.5 and 3.34% +- is complete. The sherds range from 32 to 72mm and weigh a collective 133.3 grams.3. One wheel thrown rim sherd, probably Severn Valley Ware dating from the 2nd to 4th century AD (0-300). The sherd has an orange surface and a grey core. The fabric is a gritty variant of the ware, tempered with abundant sand as well as occasional grog and black iron-rich grains. The sherd is burnished and is decorated with lattice shapes. The sherd is from a jar. It has an EVE diameter of 13.25 +- 0.25 and is 6.46% complete. It measures 60mm long, 36mm wide and 10mm thick. It weighs 28.5 grams.4. One rim sherd of a hand thrown vessel, dating from 100 to 400 AD. The sherd has a buff/grey fabric. The exterior surface darkens to a dark grey down from the rim. The fabric is tempered with moderate to abundant shell and moderate red or black iron-rich grains. In places the shell has dissolved out leaving pitting on the surface. The form suggests that the vessel was a jar. The sherd measures 34mm long, 30mm wide and 8mm thick and weighs 11.5 grams.5. Two sherds (one body and one rim) from wheel thrown vessels, dating from 100 to 400 AD. The sherds have a buff core and a grey/buff surface. One sherd has a black burnished exterior and the other has an orange/red margin. The fabric is hard and is tempered with moderate cream grog and black iron-rich grains. The sherds range from 36 to 55mm and weigh 26.5g total.6. Five rim sherds from wheel thrown vessels, possibly Alice Holt Reduced Ware, dating from 100 to 400 AD. Two rim sherds appear to be from a wide vertically sided bowl or dish. Two rim sherds are from a jar and a base sherd is from a plate, dish or flat bottomed bowl. The fabric is hard with a blue/grey colour and tempered with moderate sand and black-iron rich grains as well as occasional mica. Of the bowl or dish sherds, one rim has an EVE diameter of 6.5 and is 11.25% complete. The other sherd has and EVE diameter of 11.25 +- 0.25 and is 8.44% complete. Of the jar sherds one has an EVE diameter of 10.25 +- 0.25 and is 10.86% complete and the other has an EVE diameter of 5.75 +- 0.25 and 5.63% complete. The sherds measure from 36 to 92mm and weigh 132.1 grams collectively.7. 11 sherds, probably wheel thrown, dating from 100 to 400 AD. The fabric is orange/grey. The sherds have a red/brown exterior although the interior varies from grey to black to red/brown. The sherds are tempered with ocassional white quartz, ocassional mica, moderate black iron-rich grains and occasional white or cream grog. The sherds range from 27 to 39mm and weigh 99.4 grams in total. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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