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Description: | An assemblage of 11 sherds from ceramic vessels of Roman date. They have a combined total weight of 298.45g and are of 1st to 4th century AD date.1) Two rim sherds and four body sherds from Roman grey ware (GX) vessels weighing 89.28g.2) Two rim sherds from Roman grey ware (GX) flanged bowls. They have a combined weight of 37.99g and are of 3rd to 4th century AD date.3) A base sherd from a Roman Samian ware vessel of uncertain form. It measures 38.55mm in length, 27.54mm in width, 14.91mm in thickness/height, and 9.89g in weight. This sherd if of 1st to 2nd century AD date. 4) A handle sherd from an early Roman flagon. It has a pale pinkish fabric, with clay inclusions, and reeded decoration on the exterior surface. This sherd measures 69.38mm in length, 37.60mm in width, 14.88mm in thickness, and 40.96g in weight.5) A body sherd, possibly from close to the base, of a Roman amphora. It has a hard and sandy buff fabric with some white inclusions, the sherd thickening towards one end (base?) and with a smoothed exterior surface. This fragment measures 58.93mm in length, 89.23mm in width, 20.77mm in thickness, and 120.33g in weight. It is from an amphora of Roman date, perhaps produced in southern Spain (Dressel 20 amphora?), c.1st-3rd centuries AD. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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