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CORN-39A948: Roman body sherd of Exeter greyware (interior)

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POT SHERD

Unique ID: CORN-39A948

Object type certainty: Certain
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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 forms and was produced in south-east Devon from the late 1st to the early 3rd centuries AD. But similar grey wares (Fabric 151) which have micaceous surfaces but no distinct mica plates, as in this example, have also been found in excavations at Exeter, and were being produced at an unlocated southwest industry between the mid 1st century and the late 2nd century AD. (Bidwell, 1979, p.194) This type of micaceous grey ware has also been identified at other Roman period sites in Cornwall, such as Trethurgy (Quinnell, 2004, p.106, No.5.5.5), Carvossa (Carlyon, 1987, p.111, Fig.3, Nos.70-72) which are dated from the late 1st to the early 2nd century AD, and Kilhallon (Carlyon, 1982, p.159, Fig.3, P21).

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: AD 175

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 26.3 mm
Thickness: 5.9 mm
Weight: 7.73 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th January 2006

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: St. Goran

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Found in association with a dolphin brooch dating to the latter half of the 1st century AD
Current location: returned to finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Bidwell, P.T. 1979 The Legionary Bath-house and Basilica and Forum at Exeter Exeter Exeter County Council & the University of Exeter 194 Fabric 151
Carlyon, P.M. 1982 A Romano-British Site at Kilhallon, Tywardreath: Excavation in 1975 Redruth Cornwall Lithographic Printers Ltd. 159, Fig.3, P21
Carlyon, P.M. 1987 Finds from the Earthwork at Carvossa Redruth Cornwall Archaeological Society 111, Fig.3, Nos.70-72
Quinnell, H. 2004 Trethurgy: Excavations at Trethurgy Round, St. Austell Truro Cornwall County Council 106, No.5.5.5

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Audit data

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

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