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
To Roman
Pottery Mortaria sherds introduction
Six joining sherds from
excavations at East Farleigh Roman Villa, Kent - Maidstone Area Archaeological
Group
Kay Hartley says a Kentish fabric,
source unknown. Distinctive flint trituration. Generally late 2nd to early 3rd
century. This specimen by the rim shape late 2nd century. six sherds with lead
repair rivet.
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EF-B23-12-9182 exterior - background
grid in centimetres
EF-B23-12-9182 exterior
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EF-B23-12-9182 outside of rim - background grid
in centimetres
EF-B23-12-9182 rim
profile
EF-B23-12-9182 trituration
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EF-B23-12-9182 close up of trituration - scale
in millimetres
EF-B23-12-9182 exterior
of base - background grid in centimetres
EF-B23-12-9182 interior
of base of base with lead rivet - background grid in centimetres
EF-B23-12-9182 close
up interior of base with lead rivet - scale in millimetres