IOW-D7EE58: Roman: New Forest Ware Globular Beaker

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VESSEL

Unique ID: IOW-D7EE58

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A rim sherd of a Roman New Forest Ware globular beaker (c. AD 320-c. 350). The sherd comprises part of the rim and shoulder of the vessel. The Fine Ware fabric is greyish/off-white and is colour coated. Dividing the rim from the shoulder, there is an in incised line below is a single incised wavy line. All this decoration would have extended around the vessel circumferentially. The break are old and abraded as a result of being in the mobile environment of the inter-tidal zone. 44.5 x 39.0 x 5.8mm. Weight: 14.12g. See, Fulford1975: 54, fig. 14, ref: 37.3.

Class: Rim sherd

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 320
Date to: Circa AD 350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44.5 mm
Width: 39 mm
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Weight: 14.12 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st December 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: IOW2010-6-1

Materials and construction

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

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: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
Discovery circumstances: Found while beachcombing
General landuse: Coastland
Specific landuse: Inter-tidal

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Fulford, M.G.	1975	New Forest Roman Pottery: Manufacture and Distribution, with a Corpus of Pottery Types	Oxford	British Archaeological Reports 17	54, fig. 14	37.3

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Recording Institution: IOW
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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