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Roman Pottery Mortaria sherd – 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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Sherd from excavations at East Farleigh Roman Villa, Kent - Maidstone Area Archaeological Group

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Christopher Young says the sherd is from an imitation Dr 45, Oxfordshire type C97, dating c.240-400+


EF-10-207-9375 exterior - background grid in centimetre squares


EF-10-207-9375 exterior - background grid in centimetre squares


EF-10-207-9375 close up of trituration - scale in millimetres


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