Record ID: LON-BC7215 - ROMAN vessel

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Vessel

Unique ID: LON-BC7215

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Roman ceramic body sherd from a Samian bowl of East Gaulish type

A Roman ceramic body sherd from a Samian bowl of East Gaulish type dating c. AD140 - 260. This fragment has been badly burnt which has caused the fabric to turn grey and the slip dark grey/black. This sherd is from a decorated Dragendorff 37 bowl. The decoration comprises a row of ovulus with a medallions below separated by a twisted rope motif. This is not black samian which Webster (1996:10) describes as "a standard samian fabric with reduced surface (presumably achieved by altering the kiln atmosphere at the very end of the firing)".

Dimensions: weight: 10.42g.

Identified by Jenny Hall, Senior Roman Curator, Museum of London.
Reference: Webster, P. 1996. Roman Samian Pottery in Britain. Practical Handbook in Archaeology 13. Council for British Archaeology, York.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 140
Date to: Circa AD 260

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 10.42 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Wheel made [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Greater London
District: City Of London
Parish: City Of London

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ3280
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Other chance find [scope notes]
General landuse: Open fresh water [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Running water [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Jenny Hall - [view all attributed records]

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