Record ID: SUR-62CC72
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base fragment from a Roman vessel, probably a jar, of a sandy reduced greyware. The base ring is 75mm in diameter. The exterior surface has traces of combed lines running around the circumference just above the base. The sherd has been heavily stained by iron during prolonged exposure to the river environment.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-62A836
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base fragment from a Roman vessel, probably a jar, of a sandy reduced greyware. The base ring is 59mm in diameter. The exterior surface has been burnished. The sherd has been heavily stained by iron during prolonged exposure to the river environment.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-628F9F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a pedestal base from a large Roman vessel, possibly a flat-bottomed amphora (cf. Gauloise 4 type). The fabric is buff coloured, hard fired and sandy with abundant mica. The sides are 11mm thick and the vessel would have been fairly robust. The base pedestal has a flat bottom and is 68mm in diameter. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-625C49
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a base ring from a Roman bowl or cup of south Gaulish samian ware dating to the 1st to early 2nd century AD. The base ring had an original diameter of around 70mm. The fabric is salmon pink with no significant inclusions. The inner surface of the vessel is heavily abraded and the underside of the vessel has a moulded ridge around the base. There is no other decoration or any maker's stamp evident.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E67A3B
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily abraded fragment of a Roman box flue tile, 53.5mm in length. The tile has a reddish low fired earthenware fabric. The outer surface has been combed for the attachment of plaster.
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E669DB
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily abraded fragment of a Roman box flue tile, 83mm in length. The tile has a reddish low fired earthenware fabric. The outer surface has been combed for the attachment of plaster.
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E65071
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A handle from a Roman jug or small amphora. The fabric is hard fired and sandy, oxidised reddish brown to buff coloured, with fine sand inclusions. The handle is 27.3mm wide with a rounded sub rectangular cross section and has a pair of parallel grooves running down the outside.
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E62D59
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd from a Roman reduced greyware jar, possibly Alice Holt ware and of 3rd to 4th century date. The fabric is hard fired and sandy, the surface is grey, with a reduced grey core. The exterior is burnished with a band of combed five-line decoration over a pair of parallel circumferential grooves defining a low cordon.
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E6135F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a Roman reduced greyware everted rim jar, possibly Alice Holt ware and of 3rd to 4th century date. The fabric is hard fired and sandy, the surface is grey, with a reduced grey core. There is no decoration. The original rim diameter was around 170mm.
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E5E024
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a Roman reduced greyware everted rim jar, possibly Alice Holt ware of 3rd to 4th century date. The fabric is hard fired and sandy, the surface is oxidised reddish grey, with a reduced grey core. There is combed or incised triple line zig-zag decoration in a band around the shoulder of the jar. The original rim diameter was around 160mm.
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-D20F6D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated body sherd from a Roman vessel of a black slipped Samian or imitative ware. The fabric is reduced grey-brown, hard and sandy with few inclusions and a glossy black slip. The exterior has moulded decoration comprising part of a frieze of panels containing curled vinescroll or foliate forms.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-1B134B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a jar of Roman Black Burnished ware (BB2). The fabric is reduced grey and sandy. The rim is everted and beaded; the original external diameter would have been c. 200mm. The exterior surface is burnished below the rim. Circa mid 2nd to 4th century AD.
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-436EED
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd of Roman coarse reduced grey ware, possibly from a bead-rim jar of Alice Holt ware. The fabric is grey, hard fired and gritty, with abundant coarse sand inclusions. The exterior has a decorated band of wavy line decoration bound with circumferential lines above and below.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-41F862
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated body sherd from the lower portion of a large bowl of central Gaulish Samian ware, dating to the 2nd to early 3rd century AD. The fabric is hard fired and orange-pink with infrequent dark inclusions and a reddish brown slip. The sherd is curved and the exterior has a moulded scene depicting a semi-clad female figure, possibly Venus, partially draped and seated facing left, with a beaded border of the panel running down the sherd on the right hand side.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-41D1F8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated body sherd from the lower portion of a large bowl of Gaulish samian ware, possibly of Dragondorff form 29 or 37 and dating to the 1st to early 3rd century AD. The fabric is hard fired and orange-pink with a reddish brown slip. The sherd is curved and the exterior has a moulded hunting scene with a hare, running left, large palm fronds to the right and a running border of spirals below. Beneath this is a change in angle to the base.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-41B56B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated body sherd from a bowl (cf. Dragendorff 37) of south Gaulish samian ware dating to the 1st to early 2nd century AD. The fabric is hard fired and orange-pink with fine limestone inclusions and a reddish brown slip. The exterior has a moulded band of foliate or acanthus decoration on the lower edge. The rim is beaded and would have had an original diameter of around 220mm.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-417ED0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated body sherd from a bowl or cup of south Gaulish samian ware dating to the 1st to early 2nd century AD. The fabric is hard fired and orange-pink with fine limestone inclusions and a reddish brown slip. The exterior has a moulded hunting scene with a long-eared hound running right; the hound is wearing a rope collar.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: LON-E06925
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete base sherd fragment from a Roman Central Gaulish samian ware cup or small bowl possibly Dragendorff Form 33 dating to AD 140 - 170. The sherd has a chamfered foot ring base. In the centre of the base is a maker's stamp reading VVI /. The fragment has a pink fabric and is coated in a red slip on both the inside and outside.  Dimensions: length: 31mm; width: 34.18mm; thickness: 4.65mm; weight: 7.05g Oswald & Pryce (1920:189-190) "This form is probably related to the Arretine cup, Loeschcke Type 10 a (Fig. 1), but its dev…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: LON-E0601D
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman pipe clay figurine, of Mercury dating from AD 100-250. The remaining figurine consists of part of the body draped in fabric. Dimensions: length: 48.52mm; width: 31.30mm; thickness: 9.41mm; weight: 8.75g Other Roman figures from the same area are LON-B7E305, LON-5536D6 and LON-CDF7B1. References: Flittock M. 2013, A Contextual Study of the Pipe-Clay Figurines Found in Roman London. University of Reading.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: LON-E0585D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd fragment from a Roman Gaulish samian ware hemispherical bowl. Form Dragendorff 37 dating from AD 150-200. The sherd has moulded decoration, consisting of a band of ovolo, under which are panels divided by rope twist borders. Within the panels are standing figures and wild beasts. The fragment has a pink fabric and is coated in a red slip on both the inside and outside. The slip is abraded and worn away from the high points of the moulded decoration. Dimensions: length: 61.11mm; width: 60.73mm; thickness: 7.86mm; weight: 33.43g. Similar Drag. form…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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