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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.142-144 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : CGSF
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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):
- CNG TN
- Central Gaulish (Micaceous) Terra Nigra p.11
- CNG TR
- Central Gaulish (Micaceous) Terra Rubra p.12
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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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. |
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Fabric and technology
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Fairly hard, fine-textured, with slightly irregular fracture;
red-brown (2.5YR 5/6) with grey core in thicker sherds; inclusions
of well-sorted fine sand (containing quartz and feldspar), larger
rounded brown clay pellets, and some golden mica (more visible
in the surfaces). Wheel-thrown. Three variants:
red slip
cream slip
golden micaceous slip.
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Forms
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The three fabric variants are employed for different forms:
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Fabric
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Form
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Description
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Cam.
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A
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P1
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Platter
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1
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B
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F1
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Flagon
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B
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F2
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Flagon
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B
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F3a
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Flagon
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B
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F3b
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Flagon
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165
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C
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J1
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Moulded-rim jar
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102
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Chronology
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Flagon F1 found in early Augustan Welwyn Garden City burial; most
other examples pre-Claudian and little evidence of post-conquest
importation.
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Source
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Probably from the middle Loire valley, perhaps the Orléans region
where the local assemblage includes a coarser version of the fabric
described here, which is not found in Britain (,2).
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Distribution
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Common in Orléans region, and north into Paris basin; also at
Rouen, suggesting trade along the Seine. In Britain, concentrated
in two groups, centered on Hampshire and Herts/Essex.
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Aliases
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Leicester fabric WS1.
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Bibliography
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Rigby and Freestone 1986; Rigby and Freestone 1988; Tyers (forthcoming)
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References
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Rigby and Freestone 1986.
Rigby, V. and Freestone, I., 'The petrology and typology of the
earliest identified Central Gaulish imports', Journal of Roman
Pottery Studies, 1, (1986), pp. 6-21.
Rigby and Freestone 1988.
Rigby, V. and Freestone, I., 'The Introduction of Roman styles
and techniques into Roman Britain: a case study from the King
Harry Lane cemetery St Albans.' in Materials Issues in Art
and Archaeology., ed. E. V. Sayre, Materials Research Society
Symposium Proceedings, 123, Materials Research Society,
(1988), pp. 109-115.
Tyers (forthcoming).
Tyers, P. A., 'Central Gaulish coarse wares', forthcoming.
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