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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.122-123 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : LIMO
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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):
- LTC WH
- Lincoln Technical College White ware p.160
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:
- Lincoln / Lincs
- South Carlton / Lincs
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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Mortaria manufactured at several sites in and around Lincoln
(Lincs/GB) during 2nd century AD; wide distribution across northern
England and southern Scotland; |
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Fabric and technology
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Usually hard, slightly rough fabric, varying from creamy-white
(2.5YR 7/4 to 10YR 8/2) through to pink, often with a yellow or
darker slip; fine quartz inclusions, slightly micaceous; gritted
with ill-sorted quartz, red and black iron silicate slags and
some flint. Vitalis mortaria from Technical College kiln are in
a coarser, granular white fabric. Wheel-thrown.
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Forms
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Mortaria, with bead and roll rim or high bead and small flange,
including Gillam 258.
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Stamps
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In addition to those represented at the kiln sites, other potters
can be assigned to a Lincolnshire source on fabric or distribution.
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Name
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Date
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Source
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AESICO
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140-170
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SC ?
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ATEPACIUS
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100-150
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TC
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BIL[I]CEDO
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140-190
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SC ?
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BISO
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120-150?
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TC
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CRICO
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140-180
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SC
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CUPITUS
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140-170
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SC
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DECANIUS
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110-160
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MARTIC
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100-125
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Q. IUSTIUS CICO
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100-140
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Q. IUSTIUS CRESCENS
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100-140
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SENICO
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140-200
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VITALIS i
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90-115
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TC
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VOROLAS
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140-200
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SC
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Table 1. Principal Lincolnshire mortarium
potters
Sources: SC = South Carlton, TC = Lincoln Technical College
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Chronology
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2nd cent.
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Source
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Kilns at the Lincoln Technical College site and at South Carlton.
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Distribution
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East Midlands, northern England, and the Scottish frontier.
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Aliases
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Carlisle fabric 616. Doncaster mortarium fabric
10. JRPS bibliography fabric llm.
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Bibliography
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RCHM gazetteer F454, F466; stamps of the principal potters
described in Darling 1984, 69-73; Stead 1976, 116-26.
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References
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Darling 1984.
Darling, M. J., Roman Pottery from the Upper Defences,
Lincoln Archaeological Trust. Monograph, 16/2, Council
for British Archaeology for the Lincoln Archaeological Trust,
London, (1984).
Stead 1976.
Stead, I. M., Excavations at Winterton Roman Villa and other
sites in North Lincolnshire 1958-1967, Department of the Environment
Archaeological Reports, 9, HMSO, London, (1976).
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