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Class : Coarse wares
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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.191-192 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : LRGR
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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):
- HAM GT
- Hampshire Grog-tempered ware p.139
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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Coarse textured hand-formed grog-tempered jars, bowls and dishes
produced in south-east England during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. |
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Fabric and technology
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A variety of fabrics, but generally grey, brown or black with
frequent inclusions of grog, sand, and occasionally flint and
shell; facet-burnished or wiped surfaces, often with 'soapy' finish.
Sometimes decorated with lattice or other lines or strokes. Hand-formed.
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Forms
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Forms follow the common late Roman black-burnished derived models,
with flanged bowls, dishes and everted rim jars.
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Form
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Portchester
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Kent
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Bowl
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86
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205-207
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Dish
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107
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204
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Jar
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123
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208-211
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Table 1. Classification of Late Roman grog-tempered
forms (after Fulford and Pollard)
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Chronology
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From late 3rd cent. until the end of the Roman period.
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Source
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A number of sources; the Wessex and Kent material is generally
distinguishable, but no kiln sites are known.
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Distribution
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Hampshire, Sussex, the London region and Kent. High proportions
(up to 90%) in some late 4th cent. contexts in Kent.
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Aliases
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Lullingstone fabric 66. Kent coarse fabric 11b.
Portchester fabric A.
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Bibliography
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Fulford 1975, 286-92; Pollard 1988, 129, 149-50. Quantified data
in Pomel 1984.
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References
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Fulford 1975.
Fulford, M. G., 'The pottery' in Excavations at Portchester
Castle. Volume I: Roman, ed. B. W. Cunliffe, Reports of the
Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 32,
Society of Antiquaries, London, (1975), pp. 270-367.
Pollard 1988.
Pollard, R. J., The Roman pottery of Kent, Monograph series
of the Kent Archaeological Society, 5, Kent Archaeological
Society, Maidstone, (1988).
Pomel 1984.
Pomel, M. G., 'A study of later Roman pottery groups in Southern
Britain: fabrics, form and chronology', M. Phil. thesis, Institute
of Archaeology, University of London, (1984).
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