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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.129-130 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : RBMO
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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
at Rossington Bridge (nr Doncaster, Yorks/GB) during 2nd centuries AD;
distributed in northern England and southern Scotland; |
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Fabric and technology
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Hard, sandy fabric, usually orange-brown with grey core; abundant
quartz sand tempering, with occasional red-brown and grey particles;
mixed trituration grit, including haematite, quartz, and some
flint and brown sandstone.
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Forms
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Mortaria with bead and rolled flange.
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Stamps
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The principal potter Rossington Bridge potter is Sarrius, who
had earlier worked at Mancetter-Hartshill. Some Rossington Bridge
mortaria are stamped jointly by Sarrius and either Setibogius
or Secundua. The latest work of Sarrius seems to be at Mancetter-Hartshill,
so the Rossington Bridge production may have closed down during
his lifetime. The potter Baro may be related to the Baro
of the Colchester workshops.
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Potter
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Date
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BARO
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140-190
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<- COMO ?
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SARRIUS
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135-170
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<- MHMO
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SECUNDUA
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140-170
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SETIBOGIUS
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140-170
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Table 1. Principal Rossington Bridge mortarium
potters
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Chronology
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Antonine.
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Source
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Rossington Bridge, near Doncaster.
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Distribution
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Northern Britain, including the Antonine Wall.
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Aliases
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Doncaster mortarium fabric 1. JRPS bibliography
fabric rsm.
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Bibliography
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For the kilns see Swan 1984; discussions of Sarrius in MacIvor
et al. 1981, 260; Buckland and Magilton 1986, 148.
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References
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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).
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.
Swan 1984.
Swan, V. G. in The pottery kilns of Roman Britain, RCHM
Supplementary Series, 5, RCHM, (1984).
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