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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.125 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : NFMO
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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):
- NFO PA
- New Forest (Coarse) Parchment ware p.142
- NFO WH 1
- New Forest (Coarse) White ware 1 p.142
- NFO WH 2
- New Forest (Fine) White ware 2 p.144
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:
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 in New Forset potteries (Hants/GB) during 3rd
and 4th centuries AD; distributed across southern Britain. |
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Fabric samples Scale (when present) in cm.
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Fabric and technology
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Hard sandy fabric; white or off-white, rarely with pale grey core;
abundant well-sorted quartz sand temper with occasional red-brown
or grey flint inclusions; trituration grit of quartz, flint, brown
sandstone and other red-brown material. Wheel-thrown.
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Forms
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Mortaria, with bead and flange. Fulford defines six mortarium
types (forms 102-7) in this ware, some decorated with incised
wavy-lines on the flange.
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Chronology
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c. AD 260-370.
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Source
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The New Forest industry.
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Distribution
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Principally central southern England, with a thin scatter beyond.
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Aliases
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Fulford (1975) fabric 2a.
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Aliases
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Bath fabric 2.4. Chichester mortarium fabrics 5-6.
Colchester fabric TH. Exeter mortarium fabrics FB5
and FB6. JRPS bibliography fabric nfm.
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Bibliography
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Fulford 1975, 74-9, 123. RCHM gazetteer 108-9, F322-41,
F344
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References
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Fulford 1975.
Fulford, M. G., New Forest Roman pottery. Manufacture and distribution,
with a corpus of pottery types, British archaeological reports,
17, BAR, Oxford, (1975).
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