potsherd - Roman pottery

Ware	Class	Source(s)	Summary
Aldborough mortaria	Mortaria	Britain	Mortaria manufactured at or near Aldborough (North Yorkshire/GB) with a limited distribution in northern England during 2nd century AD.
Aldgate-Pulborough terra sigillata	Terra Sigillata	Britain	Terra sigillata manufactured at Pulborough (Sussex/GB), and perhaps also at London (GB) during early-mid 2nd century AD, with limited distribution in south-east England.
Alice Holt/Farnham grey wares	Coarse wares	Britain	Grey sandy coarse wares produced at several sites in the area of Alice Holt Forest (Hants/GB) and Farnham (Surrey/GB), from the 1st to the 4th centuries AD, and widely distributed across southern England.
Almagro 50 amphoras	Amphoras	Iberia	A cylindrical amphora with a long body, short spike and neck and thick triangular rim, to which the thick, short round handles are joined, in pale buff or grey fabrics. Produced in the southern Iberian provinces and with a wide distribution around the western Mediterranean and sparsely in the north-western provinces.
Almagro 54 (Gaza) amphoras	Amphoras	Eastern Empire	A cylindical `cigar-shaped' amphora with two small loop handles and coarse ribbing on the lower body in a rough fabric. Produced in the Gaza district of Palestine and widely distributed around the Mediterranean during the 4th to 7th centuries.
Aoste mortaria	Mortaria	Gaul	Mortaria manufactured at Aoste (Isère/FR) during 1st century AD; most common in western Switzerland and Rhône valley, but small numbers throughout Gaul, the Rhineland and Britain.
Argonne ware	Fine wares	Gaul	Red-slipped wares, most characteristically bowls with roller-stamped decoration, produced in the Argonne region (Ardennes/FR) and widely distributed across north-east Gaul and Britain. 3rd and 4th centuries AD.
B1 amphoras	Amphoras	Eastern Empire	A globular two-handled amphora with conical neck, everted rim and grooves on the upper body in pale fabrics. Produced in the Aegean and widely distributed around eastern Mediterranean (more rarely in the west) from the 5th to 7th centuries AD.
B2 amphoras	Amphoras	Eastern Empire	An ovoid two-handled amphora with a ribbed body in sandy light-coloured fabrics. Produced at several locations in the north-east Mediterranean (Syria, Cyprus and south-east Turkey) from the 5th to 7th centuries AD, and widely distributed around the Mediterranean but more rarely in the north-west provinces.
B4 amphoras	Amphoras	Eastern Empire	A small slender amphora with rounded shoulder, narrow neck, beaded lip and either one or two tight strap handles in a distinctive red-brown micaceous fabric. This is a long-lived type, produced in western Asia Minor from the 1st to 6th centuries AD, with a wide distribution around the Mediterranean and across the northern provinces.
Black-burnished 2	Coarse wares	Britain	Wheel-thrown grey or black sand-tempred wares, typically everted-rim jars with burnished lattice decoration, bead-rim and plain dishes. Produced at sites around the Thames estuary (Kent/GB and Essex/GB)and distributed in south-east England and in northern Britain during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
Caerleon mortaria	Mortaria	Britain	Mortaria manufactured at or near Caerleon (Gwent/Wales/GB) during 2nd century AD; distributed across south Wales and south-west England.
Camulodunum 189 (`carrot') amphoras	Amphoras	Eastern Empire	A small amphora with a conical `carrot'-shaped body, with horizontal ribbing on the outer surface and two small handles, in a red-brown sandy ware. The type was produced in the eastern Mediterranean, perhaps Egypt or Palestine, and widely distributed around the Mediterranean and across the north-west provinces during the 1st century AD.
Central Gaulish black-slipped ware	Fine wares	Gaul	A fine black-slipped ware, commonly beakers and cups with rouletted or barbotine decoration, produced in Central Gaul and widely distributed across Gaul and Britain during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
Central Gaulish coarse micaceous ware	Coarse wares	Gaul	Jars and bowls in coarse micaceous red-brown or dark-brown wares abundantly tempered with crushed granite, produced in Central France and with wide but thin distribution across central and northern Gaul and southern Britain during 1st century BC and early 1st century AD.
Central Gaulish colour-coated wares	Fine wares	Gaul	Colour-coated cups and beakers with pale brown or white fabrics, darker red-brown or brown slips and barbotine or rough-cast decoration, produced in Central Gaul and widely distributed across Gaul and Britain during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.
Central Gaulish fine micaceous wares	Fine wares	Gaul	Platters, jars and flagons in fine textured micaceous wares, red, white or mica-slipped, produced in Central Gaul and distributed there and occasionally in northern Gaul and southern Britain during the late 1st century BC and early 1st century AD.
Central Gaulish glazed ware	Fine wares	Gaul	Green-glazed cups and beakers with pale brown or white fabrics, and barbotine or relief decoration, produced in Central Gaul and widely distributed across Gaul and Britain during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.
Central Gaulish terra sigillata	Terra Sigillata	Gaul	Terra sigillata manufacture commenced in Central Gaul from the Augustan period and during the 1st century AD the distinctive micaceous products of Lezoux are distributed across central and western Gaul, and occasionally to southern Britain. The height of the industry was during the 2nd century AD. when the products of Les Martres-de-Veyre and Lezoux (Puy-de-Dôme/FR) had a wide distribution across Gaul, Germany, Britain and the Danube provinces.
Céramique à l'éponge	Fine wares	Gaul	A range of fine slipped wares decorated with darker marbled or sponged patterns, produced in western France and distributed across western and northern Gaul and southern Britain during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.
Chalk 6 amphoras	Amphoras		A tall two-handled amphora with a tapering body in a red-brown fabric with paler surfaces. A rare type with only a few specimens recorded from Britain and Gaul and dating to the 3rd and 4th centuries. The source is unknown.
Colchester colour-coated wares	Fine wares	Britain	Colour-coated beakers and other forms produced at Colchester (Essex/GB) and distributed across south and east Britain during the 2nd to 4th centuries AD.
Colchester mortaria	Mortaria	Britain	Mortaria manufactured at Colchester (Essex/GB) during 1st and 2nd centuries AD; wide distribution in eastern and northern England and southern Scotland during mid-late 2nd century AD.
Colchester terra sigillata	Terra Sigillata	Britain	Terra sigillata manufactured at Colchester (Essex/GB) during mid-late 2nd century AD, with limited distribution in eastern England. Some of the potters working at Colchester had earlier operated at East Gaulish factories such as Sinzig and Trier (DE).
Corbridge mortaria	Mortaria	Britain	Mortaria manufactured at or near Corbridge (Northumberland/GB) during the 2nd century AD; distributed across northern England and southern Scotland.
Crambeck wares	Coarse wares	Britain	Grey wares, white wares and red-slipped produced near Crambeck (Yorkshire/GB) and distributed across northern Britain during the 4th century AD.
Dales ware and Dales-type ware	Coarse wares	Britain	Jars in coarse shell-tempered wares produced in the Lincolnshire and widely distributed across northern Britain during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.
Derbyshire ware	Coarse wares	Britain	Moulded-rim jars in hard grey wares produced in Derbyshire and distributed across central and northern Britain during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
Dressel 1 amphoras	Amphoras	Italy	A tall cylindrical amphora with angular shoulders, long straight handles and a collar rim. This form is the most important Italian wine amphora of the late Republican period, with a wide distribution around the Mediterranean (with many examples from shipwrecks) and across the north-west provinces.
Dressel 2-4 amphoras	Amphoras	Gaul Iberia Italy Eastern Empire	A tall cylindrical amphora with angular shoulders, characteristic bifid handles and a beaded rim. This is the most important wine amphora of the early imperial period, both produced in many regions (notably Italy, Gaul, Spain and the Eastern Mediterranean, but also southern Britain) and exported widely.