York Museums Trust, Rebecca Griffiths, 2013-12-02 13:54:12
Title
Roman : Vessel Rim Sherd
Description
English: A fragment of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel of Roman date. The fragment is a rim sherd from a Huntcliff Calcite-gritted ware vessel. The fabric is dark greyish-brown in colour with a hard but smooth texture. Abundant calcite inclusions are present which are heterogeneous in size though sparse in quartzite.
No kilns are known, but an east Yorkshire source is indicated on distributional grounds.
The fragment is 60.6mm long, 26mm wide, 8.3mm thick and weighs 22.4g.
Thanks are extended to Adam Parker, Collections Facilitator at The Yorkshire Museum, for assistance with the identification of this object.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date
between 100 and 400
Accession number
FindID: 585604 Old ref: YORYM-228E16 Filename: MP0049.jpg
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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