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Class : Fine wares
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Source : Gaul
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Distribution in Britain
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Illustration
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Source of ware
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Roman Pottery in Britain (Tyers 1996)
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This ware is discussed on p.136-137 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : ARGO
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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):
- ARG RS
- Argonne Red-slipped ware p.48
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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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. |
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Fabric samples Scale (when present) in cm.
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Fabric and technology
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A fine, hard orange fabric (2.5YR 4/8) with a similarly coloured
slip, with a 'soapy' finish. Plain forms occur, but the most
distinctive feature is the decoration of horizontal bands of impressed
geometric patterns executed with roller stamp. The typology of
the roller stamps developed by Chenet (1941) covers the common
types and is the basis of most later discussions.
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Forms
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Principally bowls, especially Chenet form 320.
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Chronology
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From late 3rd cent. with production continuing until at least
AD 450. Many British pieces are dated to the mid- and late 4th
cent. but importation may have started in the later 3rd cent.
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Source
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The Argonne region of northern France, east of Rheims.
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Distribution
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Widespread, but sparse, in southern Britain, where is is concentrated
around the estuaries of the Thames and Solent. There are also
occasional sherds in the north and west. In Gaul the ware is
widespread in Gallia Belgica and Upper and Lower Germany, extending
south along the Rhine as far as Basel. To the west of Argonne
it is widespread north of the Loire, in the Paris Basin, Brittany
and Normandy. On some sites in this region it is associated with
Romano-British pottery imports.
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Aliases
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Caister-on-sea fabric ARG. Gloucester fabric TF12N.
JRPS bibliography fabric ats. Kent fine fabric 2.
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Bibliography
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The principal studies of roller-stamped Argonne ware are Unverzagt
1919; Chenet 1941 and Hübener 1968. On the chronology of the decorative
styles: Bayard 1990; Feller 1991. The distribution and dating
in northern France is described by Blaszkiewicz and Jigan (1991).
For British distribution: Fulford 1977, 39-43, Appendix 1.
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References
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Bayard 1990.
Bayard, D., 'L'ensemble du Grand amphithéâtre de Metz et la sigillée
d'Argonne au Veme s', Gallia, 47, (1990), pp. 271-319.
Blaszkiewicz and Jigan 1991.
Blaszkiewicz, P. and Jigan, C., 'Le problème de la diffusion et
de la datation de la céramique sigillée d'Argonne décorée à la
molette des IVème-Vème siècles dane le nord-ouest de l'Empire'
in Actes du Congrès de Cognac. 8-11 Mai 1991. Société Française
d'tude de la Céramique Antique en Gaule, ed. L. Rivet, SFECAG,
Marseille, (1991), pp. 385-415.
Chenet 1941.
Chenet, G., La céramique gallo-romaine d'Argonne du IVe siècle
et la terre sigillée décorée à la molette, Mâcon, (1941).
Feller 1991.
Feller, M., 'Classification et datation des molettes d'Argonne:
problèmes et méthodes' in Actes du Congrès de Cognac. 8-11
Mai 1991. Société Française d'tude de la Céramique Antique en
Gaule, ed. L. Rivet, SFECAG, (1991), pp. 161-9.
Fulford 1977.
Fulford, M. G., 'Pottery and Britain's foreign trade in the later
Roman period' in Pottery and early commerce. Characterization
and trade in Roman and later ceramics, ed. D. P. S. Peacock,
Academic Press, London, (1977), pp. 35-84.
Hübener 1968.
Hübener, W., 'Eine Studie zur spätrömischen Rädchensigillata (Argonnensigillata)',
BonnerJb, 168, (1968), pp. 241-98.
Unverzagt 1919.
Unverzagt, W., Terra sigillata mit Rädchenverzierung, Materialien
zur römisch-germanischen Keramik, 2, (1919).
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