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Description: | A ceramic body sherd from a Roman New Forest colour coated ware vessel of uncertain form dating to the period c. AD 260 - 370. The fabric is hard-fired and oxidised with occasional red iron oxide inclusions. It is pale yellow in colour and has been coated in a brown purple slip on both surfaces. It is probably of Fulford's Fabric 1a or 1b. The exterior surface exhibits a curved incised groove, probably part of a circular design within which is a white-painted spray motif.The sherd measures 36.39mm in length, 33.93mm in width, is 5.94mm thick and weighs 7.40g.See Fulford, M.G, 1975, p.24-25.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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