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Description: | A ceramic body sherd from a Roman Samian ware vessel of uncertain form dating to the period c. AD 120 - 260. The sherd is irrgeularly shaped and exhibits old heavily abraded breaks on all edges. The fabric is a buff orange colour and is fully oxidised. It is hard and exhibits abundant fine white micaceous inclusions. It is coated in a heavily abraed reddish-brown slip. The exterior surface exhibits abraded traces of a moulded design below an undecorated band. The design consists of an egg-and-tongue (ovolo) frieze below which is a panel design divided by a beaded border. The remaining fragment of panel contains an indistinct figure, possibly a bird. The interior surface exhibits three parallel horizontal grooves incised into the surface. The sherd most likely derives from central Gaulish Lezoux production centre. The sherd measures 39.89mm in length, 35.17mm maximum width, 2.02mm minimum width, is 5.27mm thick and weighs 7.04g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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