Record ID: SUR-864412
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware (NVCCP) pedestal base from a beaker dating to the mid 2nd to 4th century AD. The fabric is hard fired and reduced pale grey with abundant very fine sand inclusions. The exterior has a barbotine slip decoration with a band of dashed lines with foliate tendrils above. Both inner and exterior surfaces have a dark brown slip. The interior surface is otherwise undecorated but has regular striations from the wheel turning process and the base, which is 28.4mm in diameter, has wire marks from removal from a wheel.
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-B3F897
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman Samian ware wine cup of Dragendorff form 33 and dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The base and around 40% of the side and rim remains. The rim is 115mm in diameter, The sides flare from a break in angle at the base and have no decoration aside from a single incised band at the mid point. The base ring is 43.3mm in diameter with a recessed interior. The fabric is light pinkish-orange with a reddish-brown slip. The centre of the base on the internal surface has the maker's stamp GIAMILIVS (second image) in a rectangular cartouche.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-B3AC4F
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman pipeclay figurine of Venus, dating to AD 100-250. The figurine is 118.7mm high and depicts the goddess stood completely nude while holding a garment that drapes down beside her left leg, and rests on the base next to the left foot (now missing). The deity is depicted with an elabourate hairstyle, with braids around each side of the head and gathered behind at the nape of the neck; other braids are visible cascading down to the shoulders at the sides and back. The bent elbow of the right arm positions the hand and extended fingers on the hair to the right of the face…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: LON-F1A732
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman pipe clay Venus figurine, dating from AD 100-250. The remaining figurine consists of torso, upper legs and garment with the upper body, head and base broken and missing. This is Fittock Type 1, Garment B figurine. Dimensions: length: 86.73mm; width: 54.96mm; thickness: 26.12mm; weight: 96.52g Other Venus figure from the same area are LON-B7E305, LON-5536D6 and LON-CDF7B1. Flittock (2013:30) writes " The Type 1 figurine depicts the goddess stood completely nude while holding a garment that drapes down bes…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-BF3F72
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A body sherd of a hand-made flint-tempered late Bronze Age to early Iron Age handmade coarseware bowl of the Post-Deverel-Rimbury 'Plainware' group dating prior to 800 BC. The fabric is sandy, reduced dark grey-black and tempered with moderately sorted sub angular calcined flint inclusions. The exterior surface has been burnished and has three decorative grooves running around the circumference at one end.
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: LON-F12CD8
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A rim sherd fragment from a Roman probably East Gaulish (Trier) samian ware mortarium Form Dragendorff 45 dating to the first half or middle of the 3rd century. This is a fragment of a Drag. 45 mortarium with a nearly upright wall. A spout is located within the collar; it is a very stylised open-mouthed lion with large ears. The spout is an applied oval boss with the pouring hole forming the open mouth. The fragment has a pink/orange 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 high points …
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: LON-8BCB39
Object type: FLAGON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of Roman ceramic Verulamium Region Coarse White-slipped ware (VCWS) ring-neck flagon with neck remaining, Hadrianic to Antonine date AD120-190. The fragment consists of the flagon neck with a handle of two ribs and a six rilled rim. The fabric is oxidised red with numerous sand inclusions throughout. Similar flagons can be seen in Davies, Richardson and Tomber (1994:56 fig.46 No.251-253). Dimensions: height: 82.00mm; width of handle: 21.78mm; thickness of handle: 10.22mm; weight: 98.27g; diameter of aperture: 28.70mm; diameter of rim: 42.48mm. Similar flago…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: LON-8BBB97
Object type: FLAGON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of Roman ceramic Verulamium Region Coarse White-slipped ware (VCWS) ring-neck flagon with neck remaining, Hadrianic to Antonine date AD120-190. The fragment consists of the flagon neck with a five rilled rim. The exterior surface has a thin white slip and the interior is an oxidised red. The fabric is oxidised red with numerous sand inclusions throughout. Similar flagons can be seen in Davies, Richardson and Tomber (1994:56 fig.46 No.251-253). Dimensions: height: 84.63mm; weight: 131.24g; diameter of aperture: 42.86mm; diameter of rim: 60.82mm. Similar flagons o…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: SUR-A8B21C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A sherd of Roman fineware, most likely a rouletted Nene Valley colour coated ware dating to c150 - 400 AD. The fabric is buff coloured with a reddish core suggesting a reduced firing. The surface has a black slip coating and is decorated with two concentric ridges and an outer band of rouletted decoration. Possibly from a castor box lid.
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: LON-8661E6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A body sherd fragment from a Roman central Gaulish samian ware hemispherical bowl. Form Dragendorff 37 dating to Trajan-Antonine period AD 98-192. The sherd has moulded decoration, consisting of rectangular panels divided with rope twist borders containing draped standing figures. 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 high points of the moulded decoration. Dimensions: length: 84.11mm; width: 47.51mm; thickness: 7.21mm; weight: 26.76g. Similar Drag. form 37 di…
Created on: Thursday 16th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2020
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Record ID: LON-52BAD2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman ceramic lid sherd possibly from of Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware Castor Box dating from AD 150-400. The sherd consists of part of the rim, side wall and top. The top is decorated with rouletting. The sherd has a slip coating on both the exterior and interior which is heavily abraded with most of the slip worn away. The interior surface is otherwise undecorated but has regular striations from the wheel turning process. Dimensions: length:85.3mm; height: 36.46mm; weight: 49.16g Other Nene Valley colour coated ware on the database are LON-A6DC6A and LON-A1871D.
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
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Record ID: LON-259C14
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A body sherd fragment possibly from a Roman East Gaulish (Avocourt-Foret de Hesse) samian ware mortarium Form Dragendorff 45 dating to the late 2nd to the first part of the 3rd century. This is a fragment of a Drag. 45 mortarium with a nearly upright wall and deep collar on the upper wall which has a slight overhang at the junction of the upper and lower walls. A spout is located within the collar; it is a very stylised square open-mouthed lion. The lion head has almond shaped eyes and is retouched with incised lines. On the collar short incised lines radiate around the applied head. …
Created on: Sunday 23rd February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
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Record ID: LON-B2773F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman pottery sherd from a vessel, a Samian decorated beaker or vase dating to the mid 2nd - mid 3rd century possibly Rheinzabern, East Gaul. Possibly from a Ludowici type VSa. There is a glossy dark red slip on both external and internal surfaces which is now abraded. The decoration on the beaker is moulded panel in a 'cut-glass' design, this was "Directly derived from real cut glass, this method consisted of incising the vessel and was most commonly used in East Gaul" (de la Bedoyere 1988:52) Dimensions: length: 29.54mm; width: 24.99mm; weight: 3.34g. References: Oswald, F. …
Created on: Monday 8th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th September 2019
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Record ID: LON-241726
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A base sherd fragment from a Roman Gaulish Lezoux samian ware cup possibly Form Dragendorff 27 dating to AD 130-160. The sherd consists of a circular foot ring with the remains of the floor of the vessel. The fabric is a buff orange colour and is fully oxidised. It is hard and exhibits frequent micaceous inclusions. The vessel has been coated in a dark orange slip which has been abraded in places. A maker's stamp SENONI is visible within an incised circle on the basal interior. This is the stamp of the potter Senonios, who was working in Lezoux in the Hadrianic-Antonine period. Dim…
Created on: Friday 8th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2019
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Record ID: LON-661A71
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman ceramic black-burnished 2 (BB2) vessel dating from AD 160-250. This is form IIF8 everted-rimmed jar with cavetto rim and vertical lines. The exterior of the vessel is burnished from the rim to the shoulder, the body is decorated with a panel with ten groups of vertical incised lines spaced at even intervals around the circumference of the jar, eight of the groups have four lines, one has six and another seven lines. The groups of lines start at the shoulder of the vessel and terminate 30.39mm from the base. This form of decoration is also found on IIF9 but the dist…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th September 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-762361
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A ceramic fragment of Roman colour coated ware beaker 'hunting cup' possibly from the Nene Valley, dating AD 100-350. The sherd includes part of the band of barbotine decoration on the exterior surface depicting the hunting scene. This fragment shows the front legs and shoulders of a dog in profile running left, presumably part of a bigger scene of a hound chasing a hare. The fabric is white, with a dark grey colour coat on both the external and internal surfaces. The interior surface is undecorated but has regular striations from the wheel turning process. This type of colour coated …
Created on: Sunday 23rd September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2019
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Record ID: LON-32768E
Object type: FLAGON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of Roman ceramic Verulamium Region Coarse White-slipped ware (VCWS) ring-neck flagon with neck and handle remaining, Hadrianic to Antonine date AD120-190. The fragment consists of the flagon neck with a handle of three ribs and a four rilled rim. The flagon has a combed decoration around the circumference of the vessel just below the handle, the exterior surface has a thin white slip and the interior is an oxidised red. The fabric is oxidised red with numerous sand inclusions throughout. Similar flagons can be seen in Davies, Richardson and Tomber (1994:56 fig.46 No.251-253…
Created on: Friday 27th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-580A7F
Object type: TEGULA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman tile, part of a roof tile or tegula. The tile is a dull orange clay fabric of a type typically used within the London area from the mid 1st century to the 2nd century AD. ( As described by the Museum of London when shown ). The tile is 151.1mm wide which represents its original size, 124.56mm long at max, original length unknown due to old breaks across the tile. There are two holes through the tile at a slight angle where nails would have been driven through the tile to secure it. Both inner and outer surfaces are rough.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E742A2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A curved body sherd from a post-medieval stoneware Bartmann vessel (c. 16th-17th century). The internal surface is white in colour and features a number of fairly regularly spaced low transverse ridges, and a possible area of sooting. The outer surface is decorated in relief, with part of a medallion visible, on a mottled brown/white glazed ground, only part of which is visible. Perhaps half, or just over, of the medallion exists, within an outer line border. Within the field there are additional splashes of light-mid blue salt glaze. The device depicted appears to be a variant on the…
Created on: Tuesday 18th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 27th November 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-3E9774
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman (AD 43-410) rim sherd of colour coated ware, the fabric pale/ pinkish in colour and slightly greasy to touch; several large inclusions have eroded out. The colour coating is dark brown and on both inside and outside surfaces. The rim projects in a curve from a deep groove flanking the edge of the vessel wall. Measures 43.3x36.8x10.2 mm and weighs 22.3 g.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2017
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