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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-E9FD06
Object type certainty: Certain
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An outflaring, brimmed rim sherd from a Roman Oxfordshire Ware dish. The sherd has fired a bright orange colour and would have been typically decorated with slip on both internal and external surfaces but the surface has now completely worn off. The sherd weighs 13.54g and the rim diameter is 24cm.
Oxfordshire fine wares vessels are considered to be copying Samian Ware. Although not as common on Roman sites in South Somerset and Dorset as the New Forest Wares, Oxfordshire Ware vessels are represented on excavated sites such as Dorchester (Woodward et al 1993) and Ilchester (Leach 1982).
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Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 240
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 13.54 g
Diameter: 240 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 022096
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Slipped
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: near South Petherton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leach, P. | 1982 | Ilchester Volume 1, Excavations 1974-5 | Bristol | Western Archaeological Trust | |||
| Woodward,P.J. | 1993 | Excavations at the Old Methodist Chapel and Greyhound Yard, Dorchester, 1981-84 | Dorchester | Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society |
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