IOW-95DF81: Roman Pottery: Vectis Ware Rim Sherd.

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VESSEL

Unique ID: IOW-95DF81

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Ceramic rim sherd of a hand made Vectis Ware jar of Roman date (AD 43 – AD 410). Length 45mm, width 63mm and maximum thickness 9mm. Weight 38.07g. The sherd is similar in appearance to Roman pottery known as Black Burnished Ware. The width of the sherd represents about 10% of the total circumference of the vessel and when complete the maximum diameter of the everted rim would have been about 19cm. The sherd has an inner grey core with a very dark grey internal and external burnished surface (Munsell Color 5YR 6/6). Just beneath the burnished surfaces is a thin reddish layer. A macroscopic examination of the fabric reveals that the matrix is tempered with 10-20% sub-angular medium quartz sand. The breaks appear to be old.

Notes:

Similar jars have been recovered from Combley Roman Villa and Brading Roman Villa in the Isle of Wight and have been classified as a Form 17 by Tomalin (Tomalin 1987, 30-40, ref. A23).

Class: Rim fragment

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 63 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 38.07 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th December 2005

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: IOW2005-206-8

Materials and construction

Primary material: Pottery
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
Discovery circumstances: Metal detecting rally
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Tomalin, D.J.	1987	Roman Wight: A Guide Catalogue to 'The Island of Vectis, Very Near Britannia'	Isle of Wight	The Isle of Wight County Council	30-40	A23

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Recording Institution: IOW
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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