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Class : Mortaria
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Source : Britain
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Distribution in Britain
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Illustration
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Roman Pottery in Britain (Tyers 1996)
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This ware is discussed on p.118-119 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : CBMO
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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):
- COR WH
- Corbridge White ware p.172
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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Mortaria manufactured at or near Corbridge (Northumberland/GB)
during the 2nd century AD; distributed across northern England
and southern Scotland. |
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Fabric and technology
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Fine-textured with slightly rough surfaces, varying from creamy-grey
to pale orange or brown; inclusions of ill-sorted quartz and some
rounded red-brown particles; quartz and black and red-brown sandstone
trituration grit. Wheel-thrown.
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Forms
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Mortaria with bead and roll flange. Gillam 242, 243, 256,
264, 266, 267.
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Stamps
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Several potters can be assigned to the Corbridge region on distributional
grounds.
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Potter
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Date
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ANAUS
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120-160
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BELLICUS
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155-185
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MARCUS (?)
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120-160
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MATUTINUS
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120-160
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SATURNINUS
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100-130
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SULLONIAC[or N]US
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100-140
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Table 1. Principal Corbridge mortarium
potters
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Chronology
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2nd cent.
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Source
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Corbridge
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Distribution
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Principally Corbridge (where there are large numbers), with small
numbers from elsewhere in the northern frontier zone, including
the Antonine Wall.
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Aliases
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JRPS bibliography fabric cbm. Rough Castle mortarium
fabric 3.
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Bibliography
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The principal potters are discussed in Bishop and Dore 1989, 265-6;
MacIvor et al. 1981, 258-9.
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References
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Bishop and Dore 1989.
Bishop, M. C. and Dore, J. N., Corbridge. Excavations of the
Roman fort and town, 1947-80, Archaeological Report, 8,
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, London,
(1989).
MacIvor et al. 1981.
MacIvor, I., Thomas, M. C. and Breeze, D. J., 'Excavations on
the Antonine Wall fort of Rough Castle, Stirlingshire, 1957-61',
PSAS, 110, (1981), pp. 230-85.
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