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Class : Mortaria
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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.130-131 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : RVMO
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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 OX
- Central Gaulish (Rhône Valley) Oxidised ware p.68
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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Mortaria manufactured
in central France, probably in middle Rhône valley during 1st century AD;
distributed in 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, fine-textured fabric with smooth or conchoidal texture;
generally cream (10YR 9/4) or pink-orange (7.5YR 8/4) ; abundant
ill-sorted quartz and composite granitic rock fragments (up to
3mm) in a micaceous matrix; trituration grits of coarse quartz
sand. Large flakes of gold or red-brown mica visible in surfaces.
Wheel-thrown. In poor soil conditions the surface may become
soft and powdery, leaving the coarser inclusions protruding.
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Forms
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Mortaria, with bead and hooked flange. The inner surface is scored
horizontally by the trituration grits.
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Chronology
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From c. AD 50 to early 2nd cent.
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Source
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Probably from the Rhône valley, in the Lyon-Vienne region. The
petrology of some British specimens can be matched by examples
from St Romain-en-Gal (nr. Vienne), the location of many pottery
workshops.
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Distribution
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Only sparse records from Britain, due to conflation with North
Gaulish mortaria (NGMO) group I in older reports. In London,
moderate numbers in pre-Flavian contexts. Distribution in Gaul
uncertain, but there is one specimen from Orléans, on the Loire,
and a few from Valence (south of Vienne).
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Aliases
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Dorchester fabrics 42S and 42X. Exeter mortarium
fabrics FC6-FC11. Gloucester fabric TF9AA. Sheepen
mortarium fabrics 14-16. Usk mortarium fabrics 13 and 14.
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Bibliography
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Tyers (forthcoming) .
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References
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Tyers (forthcoming).
Tyers, P. A., 'Rhône valley mortaria', forthcoming.
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