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Class : Fine wares
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Source : Britain
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Distribution in Britain
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Jars, bowls and beakers in fine micaceous orange wares with
orange-brown glaze, distributed in southern England during the 1st and
2nd centuries AD. |
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Fabric samples Scale (when present) in cm.
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Fabric and technology
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Fine, slightly micaceous fabric; orange, with orange brown glaze;
sparse sub-angular quartz and grog, with occasional dark brown
iron-ore specks. Usually decorated with fine rouletting or combing.
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Forms
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The small number of vessels in the ware includes jars, bowls (including
hemisperical bowls of Drag. 37 form), cups and beakers.
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Chronology
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Later 1st/early 2nd cent.
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Source
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Probably Wiltshire or north Hampshire.
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Distribution
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Wiltshire and surrounding counties, with a few examples west of
the Severn estuary.
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Bibliography
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Arthur 1978, 312-317.
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References
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Arthur 1978.
Arthur, P. R., 'The lead-glazed wares of Roman Britain' in Early
Fine wares in Roman Britain, ed. G. D. Marsh and P. R. Arthur,
British archaeological reports. British series, 57, BAR,
Oxford, (1978), pp. 293-356.
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