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Aspects of Kentish Local
History
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Maidstone Area
Archaeological Group (M.A.A.G.)
Roman Pottery
Mortaria sherds – Please
help us to identify these
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.
If you would like to help, please email your suggestions to localhistory@tedconnell.org.uk
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Pottery Mortaria sherds introduction
Sherd from excavations at East
Farleigh Roman Villa, Kent - Maidstone Area Archaeological Group
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Jane Timby says sherds are from a
Rhenish mortarium - NRFRC - RHL WH. There are some good examples
in the Exeter report (Holbrook and Bidwell 1991). NRFRC - National Roman
Fabric Collection, page 78
Sherd EF-09-111-9034 interior - background grid in
centimetre squares
Sherd EF-09-111-9034 exterior - background grid in
centimetre squares
Sherd EF-09-111-9034 rim profile - background grid
in centimetre squares
Sherd EF-09-111-9034 trituration
Sherd EF-09-111-9034 trituration close up
Sherd EF-09-111-9034 section - scale in millimetres
Sherd EF-09-111-9034 section, fresh break - scale in
millimetres
Sherd EF-09-126-9045 interior - background grid in
centimetre squares
Sherd EF-09-126-9045 exterior - background grid in
centimetre squares
Sherd EF-09-126 -9045 exterior
Sherd EF-09-126 -9045 rim profile
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Pottery Mortaria sherds introduction
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