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Description: | A fragment from a ceramic vessel of Roman date (AD43-AD410). The fragment is a rim sherd from a wheel thrown grey ware vessel, possibly a jar. The rim is upright and the body of the vessel flares out beneath it.The fabric is fine and is a light grey colour. It is fine and homogenous with no visible inclusions. Both the interior and exterior surfaces, and over the rim, a darker grey slip survives. Below the rim the outer surface is decorated with an incised pattern of overlapping circles. This is part of a larger band of decoration that would have run around the body of the vessel.There is some damage to the sherd with fragments of the surface missing from the exterior (in two places) and from the rim.The sherd measures 88.62mm wide x 68.98mm tall x 6.98mm thick. The rim diameter is 100mm. The sherd weighs 61g.See Laing 2003, page 69 for discussion of Roman jars and an image of grey ware (fig 104).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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