Roman Pottery
Mortaria sherds –
identified
From the pictures below, can you
help us to identify the kiln site, the fabric and the form of these sherds? Those
sherds successfully identified will form a section of
the Christopher St John Breen Roman Pottery Archive.
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Roman Pottery Mortaria sherds introduction
4 sherds, 3 match-break,
from excavations
at East Farleigh Roman Villa, Kent - Maidstone Area Archaeological
Group
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Christopher Young says the
sherds are an Oxfordshire white colour-coat, type WC5,dated c.240-300,
and not particularly common
Three sherds EF-09-10-121-9075 interior -
background grid in centimetre squares
Three sherds EF-09-10-121-9075 exterior -
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Sherd EF-09-10-121-9075
trituration
Sherd EF-09-10-121-9075 close up of
trituration - scale in millimetres
Sherd EF-09-10-121-9075 section - scale in
millimetres
Sherd EF-09-10-121-9075 fresh break -
scale in millimetres
Sherd EF-09-10-121-9075 interior
Sherd EF-09-10-121-9075 rim profile
003-EF-09-130-9224 exterior -
background grid in centimetre squares
003-EF-09-130-9224 interior -
background grid in centimetre squares
003-EF-09-130-9224 trituration
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Roman Pottery Mortaria sherds introduction
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