Record ID: DENO-155739
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman pottery fragment; rim sherd of a mortarium bowl with maker's stamp. Unglazed cream buff pottery with traces of a possible light brown wash - probably an example of the wares produced at the Mancetter and Hartshill potteries (Warwickshire/Leicestershire borders) from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. The sherd has a hooked flange and a beaded rim. There is a maker's mark on the rim which possibly reads IVNIVS set within a border of triangles. IVNIVS is a a name identified as working at the Mancetter/Hartshill kilns during the period AD 150-185.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moorhouse Area', grid reference and parish protected.