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A body sherd fragment from a Roman Central Gaulish samian ware hemispherical bowl Form Dragendorff 37 dating to AD 145 - 165. The sherd consists a section of the vessel lower wall and part of the foot-ring. Part of the Potters mark DIVIX.F (Divixtus of Lezoux) remains on the plain margin above the footring. The fragment has a pink fabric and is coated in a red slip on both the inside and outside which is heavily abraded with most of the slip worn away from the interior of the vessel and the high points of the moulded decoration.
Dimensions: length: 72.19mm; width: 48.15mm; height: 17.06mm; weight: 49.49g.
Similar Drag. form 37 bowls on the database are LON-E8F69A, LON-32885E, WAW-F9D786 and LON-97317F.
Oswald & Pryce (1920:95-96) write "The essential characteristics of this form consist of the hemispherical contour, the plain band beneath the lip (a half-round moulding), and a relatively flat foot-stand." they continue "Appearing first of all in the reign of Nero (Ritterling, Hofheim, p. 231), it rapidly achieved popularity and became the predominant decorated bowl of the second century. Furthermore, it continued to be manufactured right down to the close of the period of decorated Terra Sigillata (Oelmann, p. 25). This late date of its production applies, however, more particularly to the East Gaulish potteries. At Lezoux it would appear to have been extensively superseded towards the end of the second century and the beginning of the third century by applique ware (Dechelette, ii. 167)."
References: Oswald, F. and Pryce, T. Davies 1920. An introduction to the study of terra sigillata, London.
Oswald F., 1937. Index of Figure-types on Terra Sigillata ("Samian Ware"): Issued as a Supplement to The Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology. University Press
de la Bedoyere, G. 1988. Samian Ware. Shire Publications Ltd, Aylesbury.
Webster, P. 1996. Roman Samian Pottery in Britain. Practical Handbook in Archaeology 13. Council for British Archaeology, York.
Class:
Samian Ware
Sub class: Dragendorff Form 37 - Bowl
Inscription:
[D]IVIX.F
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 145
Date to: Circa AD 165
Quantity: 1
Length: 72.19 mm
Height: 17.06 mm
Width: 48.15 mm
Weight: 49.4 g
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Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: TQ3380
Four figure Latitude: 51.50329348
Four figure longitude: -0.08515568
1:25K map: TQ3380
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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