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Class : Coarse 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.158-159 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : PRW3
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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 PR 3
- Central Gaulish Pompeian Red ware 3 p.44
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 (and accompanying lids) in a fine-textured brown micaceous
fabric with red-slipped internal surface, produced in Central Gaul
(FR) and widely distributed across Gaul and Britain during the 1st and
2nd centuries AD. |
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Fabric and technology
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Soft pale beige (7.5YR 7/4) micaceous fabric with smooth fracture.
Thin glossy red slip (10R 4/8) on interior and rim of plates;
thin light brown (10YR 7/4) wash on lids, and outer surface of
some plates. Wheel-thrown.
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Forms
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Plain-rim dishes, up to c. 35cm in diameter. Some have elaborate
incised grooves and rouletted bands on interior, and footrings.
Lids have incised concentric circles on exterior.
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Chronology
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In Britain, from c. AD 40, and particularly common on Neronian-Flavian
sites (e.g. Usk, Gloucester, Exeter). Several from Hadrianic
fire deposits in London, including Regis House warehouse (Marsh
1981, 222), and specimens from Hadrianic foundations in the north,
suggest production and export continues into 2nd cent.
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Source
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Petrology, and some similarity to fabric of early micaceous Lezoux
samian, may suggest source(s) in Central Gaul, but no published
evidence suggests production at Lezoux itself. Probably not the
product of a single industry.
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Distribution
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The most extensive British distribution of the PRW fabrics. Predominantly
southern, but a scatter in north as far as Inchtuthil. No detailed
study of the Gaulish distribution, but micaceous PRW fabrics common
in the middle Loire Valley (e.g. Orléans), and have been observed
at Alet (Brittany) and Paris.
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Aliases
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Cirencester fabric 51. Colchester fabric CSOD. Gloucester
fabric TF16C. Silchester fabric E22.
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Bibliography
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Peacock 1977, 154.
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References
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Marsh 1981.
Marsh, G. D., 'London's samian supply and its relationship to
the development of the Gallic samian industry' in Roman Pottery
research in Britain and North-West Europe. Papers presented to
Graham Webster, ed. A. C. Anderson and A. S. Anderson, British
archaeological reports. International series, 123, BAR,
Oxford, (1981), pp. 173-238.
Peacock 1977.
Peacock, D. P. S., 'Pompeian red ware' in Pottery and early
commerce. Characterization and trade in Roman and later ceramics,
ed. D. P. S. Peacock, Academic Press, London, (1977), pp. 147-62.
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