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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.123-124 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : MHMO
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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):
- MAH WH
- Mancetter-Hartshill White ware p.189
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:
- Hartshill / Warks
- Mancetter / Warks
- Nuneaton / Warks
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 Mancetter and Hartshill (Warks/GB) from the
2nd to 4th centuries AD; extensive distribution in midlands and northern
England. |
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Fabric and technology
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Fine-textured fabric, often very hard; creamy-white, perhaps with
pink or grey core, occasionally with a pale-brown wash; inclusions
of fine quartz and occasional red-brown and white particles; gritted
with either quartz and red-brown sandstone (on earlier specimens),
or abundant red-brown or black angular grits (including ironstone
or slag). Wheel-thrown.
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Forms
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Mortaria, the earliest resemble contemporary products of the Verulamium-region
industry with a hooked flange, later a smaller flanged and higher
bead. From c. AD 160 a new hammerhead style developed. Some
painted with simple geometric patterns during 3rd cent. Gillam
242, 253, 254, 257, 259, 261.
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Stamps
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The chronological distribution of the principal named potters
is shown on .
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Potter
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Date
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BONOXUS
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120-160
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BRUSCIUS
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140-170
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CANDIDUS ii
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100-140
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CEVANOS
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100-130
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CICRO|CICRUS
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130-160
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COERTUTINUS
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100-140
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DOBALLUS
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140-180
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<-> NVMO?
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DOCCAS
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100-125
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<- VRMO
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ERUCANUS
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100-130
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G. ATTIUS MARINUS
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100-130
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<- VRMO <- COMO
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GRATINUS
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130-165
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ICOTAGUS
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130-160
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IUNIUS ii
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150-185
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IUNIUS LOCCIUS
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135-165
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LOCCIUS PRO..
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130-165
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LOCCIUS VIBIUS
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135-165
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MAURIUS
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150-185
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MINOMELUS
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135-165
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MOCO|MOCUS
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100-135
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MOSSIUS
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145-185
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NANIECO
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135-165
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-> WPMO
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NIDUS
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120-140
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<- VRMO
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RUICCO|RUTICO
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150-185
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SARRIUS
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135-170
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-> RBMO
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SENNIUS
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160-185
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SEPTUMINUS
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100-130
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<- Little Chester
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SIMILIS
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135-170
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-> NVMO
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SURUS
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100-130
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VICTOR
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100-130
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<-> Little Chester?
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VITALIS iv
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115-145
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Chronology
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From c. AD 100; some potters migrated from the Verulamium region
industry (G. Attius Marinus, Doccas, Nidus) at this time. In
some cases the same die occurs on both VRMO and MHMO products.
From the mid-2nd cent. some MHMO potters moved north to workshops
in Yorkshire (e.g. Sarrius). Stamping ceased at end of 2nd cent.
but production continues into 4th cent.
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Source
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Around Mancetter and Hartshill, on the Warwickshire/Leicestershire
border, where many kilns have been recorded and excavated. Painted
wares, grey wares and other cooking wares produced alongside mortaria.
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Distribution
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Extensive in the Midlands and north between mid-2nd and early-4th
cent (Bidwell 1985, 183). The distribution of stamps of the principal
2nd cent. AD potters is shown on .
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Aliases
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Caersws mortarium fabric 5. Carlisle fabric 624.
Chesterfield fabric m18. Colchester fabric TM. Doncaster
mortarium fabric 11. Exeter mortarium fabric FB4. Gloucester
fabric TF9D. Great Chesterford mortarium fabric 18. JRPS
bibliography fabric mhm. Leicester fabric MO4. Lullingstone
fabric 43. Milton Keynes fabric 4c. Old Penrith
fabric 109. Kent mortarium fabric 6. Rough Castle
mortarium fabric 1. Sidbury fabric 32. Towcester
mortarium fabric 12. Usk mortarium fabric 17.
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Bibliography
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For the kilns: RCHM gazetteer 98-101, F636-53; Hartley
1973; there is no complete published catalogue of stamps, but
most of the principal potters are reported in MacIvor et al. 1981;
Buckland and Magilton 1986; Robertson 1975.
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References
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Bidwell 1985.
Bidwell, P. T., The Roman Fort of Vindolanda at Chesterholm,
Northumberland, Archaeological Report, 1, Historic
Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, London, (1985).
Buckland and Magilton 1986.
Buckland, P. C. and Magilton, J. R., The archaeology of Doncaster,
1. The Roman civil settlement, British archaeological reports.
British series, 148, Oxford, (1986).
Hartley 1973.
Hartley, K. F., 'The kilns at Mancetter and Hartshill, Warwickshire'
in Current research in Romano-British coarse pottery: papers
given at a C.B.A. Conference held at New College, Oxford, March
24 to 26, 1972, ed. A. Detsicas, Research reports/Council
for British Archaeology, 10, Council for British Archaeology,
London, (1973), pp. 143-7.
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.
Robertson 1975.
Robertson, A. S., Birrens (Blatobulgium), Dumfriesshire
and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Edinburgh,
(1975).
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