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Pot sherd | CORN-8299F6 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd of a large storage jar, with an inside diameter of about 280 mm and an outside diameter of about 340 mm. The rim is 'complex' with a finger-impressed 'pie-crust' pattern along the upper edge of the everted outer rim or flange. The sherd is a light brown colour throughout and ... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-7EA0E4 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery base sherd with part of the body of the vessel remaining, suggesting from its curvature and angle that it came from a shallow bowl. Without the rim it is difficult to classify and date. The surface and core of the sherd have been reduced to a dark brown colour. There are carbonised rem... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-85A672 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery body sherd of a Samian ware vessel, very worn with no slip remaining so that it is difficult to determine whether it was from a plain Samian vessel or not. Roman period. | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-22A3B1 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd from a bowl with a 'Cornish flanged' (Quinnell, 2004, p.124) rim. The flange below the rim is rounded and made of an added strip which has been applied to the body of the bowl. The angle of the flange is at about 90 degrees from the rim of the bowl. Above the flange is a recesse... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-0F35D4 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery cordoned rim sherd from a large jar with a rolled rim and larger applied cordon, immediately beneath it, with a groove between to define the cordons. The sherd is a bright orangey colour throughout and the surfaces have been oxidised. The fabric contains mica, felspar and augite inclu... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-C928E2 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd from a bowl with a 'Cornish flanged' (Quinnell, 2004, p.124) rim. The flange below the rim is pointed and horizontal, angled at about 90 degrees from the body of the bowl. Below the flange is a recessed groove which helps to define it from the body of the bowl. The fabric is ... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-C907B5 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery body sherd of Samian ware with some slip surviving, probably of plain Samian ware but not enough remains to be sure. The fabric is fine and a uniform terracotta colour throughout with a slightly grey surface where the pottery has reacted with the darker red slip, as the slip has decaye... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-C8FA93 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery body sherd from a Type 4 Romano-Cornish jar (Quinnell, 2004) decorated with a pair of incised parallel linear bands above a 'scribble' or wavy line. The sherd is a light orangey colour throughout and the exterior has been oxidised. The fabric contains felspar and augite inclusions, whi... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-C8CF41 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd from a bowl with an upright, slightly expanded rim that has been flattened on top and angled at about 150 degrees from the body of the bowl. Below the rim is a defined groove between the rim and the shallow concave band beneath it. The sherd is a light orangey colour througho... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-C8C3A7 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd from a shallow bowl with a rounded body and an everted rim that has been flattened on the top and angled at about 70 degrees from the body of the bowl. The fabric is a uniform light brown colour throughout, with a reduced exterior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusio... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-C8B1C0 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery cordoned rim sherd from a large jar with an upright, expanded rim that has been flattened on top and angled at about 140 degrees from the body of the jar. Below the rim is a wide groove and then a cordon with another, narrower groove beneath it. The cordon has been formed by the deep groo... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-C8A5A6 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd from a jar with an everted, rolled rim angled at about 100 degrees from the body of the jar. Below the rim is a groove which helps to define the angle of the rim. The sherd is a light orangey colour throughout and the exterior has been black-coated and the interior reduced. T... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-C83354 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery body sherd from a Type 4 Romano-Cornish jar (Quinnell, 2004) decorated with an incised pair of parallel linear bands and a 'scribble' or wavy line between them. The sherd is a dark brown to black colour throughout and the exterior has been oxidised to an orange colour. The fabric conta... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-C800F3 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery stamped handle with four parallel linear stamps below the flat rim. This is most likely from a pottery jug or flagon, imitating Roman pewter flagons, so a Romano-British derivative. The fabric is is a light orangey brown colour throughout and contains mica, felspar and augite inclusion... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-C7CFF2 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery perforated lug handle sherd which would have been applied vertically to the vessel, above the rim. The lug was probably attached to a large jar or bowl and used for suspension. The fabric is a uniform light brown colour throughout, with a reduced exterior, and looks to be gabbroic as i... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-C78317 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd with upright rim that has been flattened on top and angled at about 140 degrees from the body of the bowl. Below the rim is a flattened and smoothed section between the rim and the raised and flattened shoulder on exterior. The sherd is a light orangey colour throughout and ... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-AC2464 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd of a shouldered jar. The sherd has a rolled rim, which is defined at its base by a groove on the interior of the vessel. Below the groove, the sherd curves inwards so that it is concave in profile, creating a neck. The sherd is a bright orangey colour throughout and is quite ... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-ABF543 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery body sherd of a deep bowl, thicker at its top end than its bottom end, and slightly curved in profile. The sherd is a light orangey-brown colour throughout and the exterior has been black-coated, and some sooting also remains. The fabric contains mica, felspar and augite inclusions, w... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-ABB807 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd of a lid. The sherd has a flat and thicker rim, with a thinner body above it, and the inner edge of the rim is defined by a groove on the exterior, which is slightly convex in its curvature, dictating that the diameter of the lid was about 160 mm. The sherd is a light orangey... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-AB8C03 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd of a large bowl. The sherd has a flat and thick rim, with a thinner body beneath it. The curvature of the rim suggests that the bowl had a diameter of about 320 mm. The sherd is a light orangey colour throughout and the exterior and top of the rim has been black-coated. The f... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-AB29F2 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd of a large storage jar. The sherd is cordoned with one cordon forming part of the rolled rim and the other about 10 mm below it, running parallel to the rim, which is slightly less thick. The curvature of the rim suggests that the opening of the jar had a diameter of about 300 m... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-9E6D90 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd with rounded everted rim with large inclusions of quartz and dark grey inclusions of augite and smaller white inclusions of felspar. The exterior surface has been wiped, and there is evidence of black-coating on the exterior and the interior surfaces, particularly on the upper e... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-96AEE0 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery sherd fragment of a plain Samian Dragendorff 15/17 type dish from the moulded ribbed carination that creates a border between the angled base section and the upper slightly convex sides of the dish. The surface has been damaged in places, clearly marked where the slip is missing and the l... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-D5AD53 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd from a shallow bowl or dish with dark-brown exterior surfaces with some carbonized remains, and a lighter brown interior with pale feldspar, dark augite and quartz inclusions in the fabric, which suggest that it is made of gabbroic ware. The shape and fabric are similar to that ... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-856DF8 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery body sherd with oxidised orangey-brown exterior surfaces and reduced light brown interior with off-white felspar and dark grey augite inclusions which suggest that it was made of gabbroic clay from the Lizard in Cornwall. The uniformity of the interior surface, and the parallel striat... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-39A948 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery body sherd of a wheel-thrown grey ware vessel with internal ribs running horizontally in concentric bands along the interior of the sherd. The fabric is uniform in colour throughout and is fine and micaceous. This suggests that it may be Exeter Micaceous Grey ware which copied BB1 form... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-3CC4A2 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery disc, circular in plan, apart from one broken edge, and convex in profile. It was probably cut and ground from a pottery sherd as a blank for a spindle whorl, but may not have been used because of its concave / convex profile. The surface and core of the sherd have been reduced to an ... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-3C6B14 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery rim sherd with rounded slightly everted rim. There are contuinuous parallel lines running horizontally along the width of the sherd, suggesting that the vessel has been wheel turned. The surface and core of the sherd have been oxidised to an light brown colour. There are carbonised rem... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-838CB1 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery body sherd from a locally made Romano-British flanged bowl. The fabric contains a lot of felspar and some mica inclusions and could be gabbroic. 2nd - 3rd century AD Carlyon (1985) illustrates a similar bowl form Carvossa, a Romano-British camp at Probus, in her corpus on Roman-Briti... | |||||
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Pot sherd | CORN-8389F4 |
Roman | Cornwall |
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| Pottery base sherd from a locally made Romano-British flanged bowl with thick base. The fabric contains a lot of felspar and some mica inclusions and could be gabbroic. 2nd - 3rd century AD Carlyon (1985) illustrates a similar bowl form Carvossa, a Romano-British camp at Probus, in her corpu... | |||||
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