Record ID: LON-152EE2
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman ceramic disc-shaped gaming piece made from a re-used vessel base. The fabric is cream coloured with a dark red-brown outer layer, suggesting it is a colour-coated ware. The piece has ground edges, one domed abraded surface and one flat smooth surface. The smooth surface has a series of cracked across its centre, probably an effect of the firing process. Part of the circumference of the disc has worn away. The piece measures 52.6mm (diameter) x 11.0mm (thickness) and weighs 28.66g. Ceramic gaming pieces made from re-used Roman vessels have previously been found in the late de…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2013
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Record ID: LON-14EEA5
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman ceramic disc-shaped gaming piece made from a re-used Roman vessel base. The fabric is beige and has a high density of fine quartz, suggesting it is a form of Mica ware. The piece has ground edges, one domed abraded surface and one slightly concave abraded surface. On the domed surface the edges have been folded over the domed surface, an original feature of the vessel. The piece measures 48.9mm (diameter) x 9.8mm (thickness) and weighs 36.93g. Ceramic gaming pieces made from re-used Roman vessels have previously been found in the late deposits of Roman sites (e.g. Colchester…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2016
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Record ID: LON-14B4C2
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman ceramic disc-shaped gaming piece made from a re-used vessel base. The fabric is grey with the remnants of a brown original surface; this suggests the fabric is a colour-coated ware. The piece has ground edges, one domed abraded surface and one slightly concove smooth surface. The smooth surface has a series of cracked across its centre, probably an effect of the firing process. Part of the circumference of the disc has worn away. The piece measures 48.4mm (diameter) x 12.0mm (thickness) and weighs 30.02g. Ceramic gaming pieces made from re-used Roman vessels have previously …
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2016
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