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The Roman Pottery of Kent
by Dr Richard J. Pollard  -  Chapter 4  page 111
Doctoral thesis completed in 1982, published 1988

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Fig. 41.

102—106:




107—109:



110—115:






116—118:




Dating:



119—123:




124:

125—135:











Dating:
Otford kiln material; Pearce (1930, 161) describes the fabric as of ‘red clay’, changing to yellow or brown in the same vessel. 102. Conical-ring-neck flagon, globular body, Pearce 1930, no. K14. 103. Everted-rim flagon, bulbous body, ibid., no. K12. 104. ‘Pulley-rim’ flagon, ibid., no. K2. 105. Collared-rim cupped-mouth flagon, ibid., no. K7. 106. Pinched-lip jug, ibid., no. K10.
Sandy reduced burnished BB2-derived ware.
107. Deep pie-dish, cf. Gillam 1970, Type 222; Detsicas 1966, no. 182.
108. Shallow pie-dish, cf. Gillam and Mann 1970, no. 22; Detsicas 1966, no. 175. 
109.
Everted-recurved-rim jar, cf. Gillam 1970, Type 137; Detsicas 1966, no. 125.
BB2.
110. Triangular-rim pie-dish, Gillam and Mann 1970, fig. 2, no. 22; Pollard 1983b, no. 18, Oakleigh Farm, Higham, kiln. 111. Rectangular-rim pie-dish, Gillam 1970, Type 222; Pollard 1983b, no. 19. 112. Triangular-nm pie-dish, Gillam 1970, Type 223; Pollard 1983b, no. 20. 113. Plain-rim dog-dish, Gillam 1970, Type 328; Pollard 1983b, no. 1. 114. Bead-rim jar, Gillam and Mann 1970, fig. 2, no. 14; Bushe-Fox 1949, no. 427. 115. Everted-rim jar, Gillam 1970, Type 137; Pollard forthcoming, b, no. 73.
Iron-free Gault Clay fabric (‘Kent/Colchester cream-buff ware’) with flint trituration grit; possibly products of an undetected kiln in the vicinity of Rochester (Hartley 1972). 116. Hooked flange with bead level with top of flange, mortarium, Hartley 1972, no. 35. 117. Hooked flange with low bead, mortarium, overfired, ibid., no. 32. 118. Form as no. 116 above, ibid., no. 30.
102—106: Late first century. 107—109: Hadrianic. 110—112: c. 120—210 (Gillam 1970). 113: c. A.D. 130—200 (Gillam 1970). 114: Mid- to late second century. 115: Hadrianic to first half of fourth century. 116—118: c. A.D. 100—150.

Fine reduced ware.
119. Biconical beaker, rouletted, Bushe-Fox 1932, no. 292. 
120. Carinated/sub-bicomcal bowl, Bushe-Fox 1949, no. 445. 121. Angular-bead-rim biconical jar, Bushe-Fox 1926, no. 75. 122. Comb-incised butt-beaker, Cunliffe 1968, no. 541. 123. Pedestal urn with carinated shoulder, rouletted and ‘compass’-incised, Couchman 1924, no. 2. Fabric uncertain; quoit-base pedestal urn, Bushe-Fox 1925, p1. XI, no. 6, from Folkestone (same vessel as Winbolt 1925b, fig. 1B).
Fine reduced ware.
125. Bead-rim S-jar, Bushe Fox 1932, no. 273. 126. High-shouldered short-everted-rim beaker, rouletted, ibid., no. 279. 127. Form as no. 126 above, but globular, ibid., no. 280. 128. Sub-cylindrical small-everted-rim beaker, ‘compass’-incised, Marsh 1978, Type 22.12 type-sherd. 129. Short-everted-rim ‘poppyhead’ beaker with barbotine dot panels, BusheFox 1949, no. 417. 130. Flange-rim segmental bowl, Whiting et al. 1931, no. 671. 131. ‘Hammerhead’-flange-rim segmental bowl, Marsh and Tyers 1976, no. 151. 132. Bead-rim segmental bowl recurved to base, Bushe-Fox 1932, no. 235. 
133
. ‘Drag. 30’-derived bowl, ‘compass’-incised, Mucking, unpublished; drawn by kind permission of Mr T.A. Jones. 134. ‘Drag. 27’-derived cup, Bushe-Fox 1932, no. 225. 135. Flange-rim segmental bowl with domed basal ‘kick’ and rouletted flange, Tyers and Marsh 1978, Type VC 1 type-sherd.
119—21: Late first to early second century. 122—123: late first century. 124. Coarse Ware Fabric hA, late first century B.C. to first century A.D.; Fine Ware Fabric 24A, as no. 122. 125. Late first to early (or mid-) second century. 126. Flavian. 127—128. Flavian to Trajanic. 129. Late Flavian to early second century. 130. Late first to second century. 131—134. As no. 125. 135. c. A.D. 90—130 (Southwark).

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