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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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Identified as Oxford White ware (OXF
WH) see National
Roman Fabric Reference Collection
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Sherd EF--10-225-9449 exterior, with drilled
hole - background grid in centimetres
Sherd EF--10-225-9449 interior, with drilled
hole - background grid in centimetres
Sherd EF--10-225-9449 portion of pouring spout
on right
Sherd EF--10-225-9449 rim profile
Sherd EF--10-225-9449 close up of trituration
and drilled hole - scale in millimetres
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