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Class : Terra Sigillata
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Source : Britain
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Distribution in Britain
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National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (Tomber & Dore 1998)
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Cross-reference from this group to fabric descriptions published in
The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (1998):
- PUL SA
- Pulborough samian p.186
Illustrations of these fabrics are available only in the printed catalogue: R. Tomber & J. Dore,
The national Roman fabric reference collection. A handbook
Museum of London Archaeology Service, London. MOLAS monograph 2. (1998). |
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The Pottery kilns of Roman Britain (Swan 1984)
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This fabric was produced at kiln sites at these locations:
- London / Middx
- Pulborough / Sussex
Display more details of these sites.Data summarized from V. G. Swan The pottery kilns of Roman Britain (HMSO, London, 1984, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Supplementary Series 5). |
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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. |
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Database of sigillata forms
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A searchable database of the principal sigillata forms
is available
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Fabric and technology
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Somewhat variable, but generally deep orange-red dense fabric
with darker core, a tendancy to slight blistering and pimply at
the surface, with a dull flaking slip.
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Forms
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Decorated bowls (Drag. 30, 37) and plain wares (Drag. 18 or 18/31,
33, 35, 36, Curle 11 and others).
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Stamps
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Two name stamps, G. Se.- Verian(us) and Acapa, on plain wares.
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Chronology
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The elements employed on the decorated bowls are 'borrowed' from
vessels made by potters working at Les Martres-de-Veyre and Lezoux
(Central Gaul), probably by copying from finished bowls (/ The
dating of these 'source' vessels suggest activity in the period
c. AD 120-150.
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Source
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Discovery of mould fragments at Pulborough (Sussex) suggests production
in that area. The 'waster' from Aldgate may suggest a further
workshop in London.
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Distribution
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Limited; most findspots are in Sussex and lower Thames valley,
with outliers to west (Sea Mills, Avon) and north (Hockwold-cum-Wilton,
Norfolk).
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Aliases
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Bibliography
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The Aldgate waster: Walters 1908, 291-2, M 1546; basic discussion:
Simpson 1952; production sites: RCHM gazetteer F485, F632;
distribution: Webster 1975; Bennett 1978; Williams 1979; Dickinson
in Gurney 1986, 74; Dickinson in O'Connell and Bird 1994, 137
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References
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Bennett 1978.
Bennett, J., 'A Further Vessel by the Aldgate-Pulborough Potter',
Britannia, 9, (1978), pp. 393-4.
Gurney 1986.
Gurney, D., 'Settlement, religion and industry on the Fen-edge;
Three Romano-british sites in Norfolk', EAA, 31,
(1986).
O'Connell and Bird 1994.
O'Connell, M. G. and Bird, J., 'The Roman temple at Wanborough,
excavation 1985-1986', SurreY Arch Colln, 82, (1994),
pp. 1-168.
Simpson 1952.
Simpson, G., 'The Aldgate potter: a maker of Romano-British samian
ware', JRS, 42, (1952), pp. 68-71.
Walters 1908.
Walters, H. B., Catalogue of the Roman pottery in the Department
of Antiquities, British Museum, British Museum, London, (1908).
Webster 1975.
Webster, P. V., 'More British Samian Ware by the Aldgate-Pulborough
Potter', Britannia, 6, (1975), pp. 163-70.
Williams 1979.
Williams, D. F., 'Petrological analysis', Transactions of the
London Middlesex Archaeological Society, 30, (1979),
pp. 186-7.
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