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Class : Fine wares
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Source : Gaul
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Distribution in Britain
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Roman Pottery in Britain (Tyers 1996)
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This ware is discussed on p.166 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : TNEG
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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):
- GAB TN 2
- Gallia-Belgica (Eggshell) Terra Nigra 2 p.16
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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Beakers in very thin fine black-slipped wares produced in northern
Gaul and distributed across north-east Gaul and south-east Britain
during the 1st century AD. |
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Fabric and technology
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Hard, fine, very thin (1-2mm) fabric, typically a sandwich of
grey (7.5YR 4/0) core, brown margins (5YR 7/2) and glossy black
(2.5YR 4/0) surfaces; slightly micaceous. Wheel-thrown, with
very finely trimmed footrings and smoothed finish.
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Forms
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Two forms most common in Britain:
carinated beaker, equivalent to Cam.~120.
necked beaker.
Other types of beaker, bowl and flask occur more rarely (Greene
1979, 120). Some vessels stamped on the underside of the base
or on the lower body with a name stamp; occasionally with an intaglio
impression (Bushe-Fox 1949, 240-1).
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Chronology
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Late-Neronian and Flavian.
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Source
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Evidence for production in north-east France, but others may be
from Rhineland. Similar forms also made in thicker grey fabrics.
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Distribution
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North-east Gaul and Lower Germany. Widespread, but sparse, in
southern Britain and the Midlands; particularly common in London
and Southwark.
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Aliases
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Gloucester fabric TF219.
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Bibliography
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Holwerda 1941; Greene 1979, terra nigra group 5; Brown and Vince
1984, 77-9.
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References
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Brown and Vince 1984.
Brown, D. H. and Vince, A. G., 'Petrological Aspects; the Medieval
Pottery of Exeter under the Microscope' in Medieval and Post
medieval Finds from Exeter 1971-1981, ed. J. P. Allan, Exeter
Archaeology Reports, 3, (1984), pp. 32-34.
Bushe-Fox 1949.
Bushe-Fox, J. P., Fourth Report on the Excavation of the Roman
Fort at Richborough, Kent, Reports of the Research Committee
of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 16, Oxford, (1949).
Greene 1979.
Greene, K. T., The pre-Flavian fine wares, Report on the
excavations at Usk, 1965-1976, 1, University of Wales Press
[for] the Board of Celtic Studies of the University of Wales,,
Cardiff:, (1979).
Holwerda 1941.
Holwerda, J. H., De Belgische Waar in Nijmegen, Museum
G. M. Kam, Nijmegen, (1941).
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| Updates and new references |
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Bibliography
A study of the Gallo-Belgic pottery by X. Deru
(1996)
presents a comprehensive survey of the production and
distribution of Gallo-Belgic wares, and a new typology.
References
Deru 1996
Deru, X., La céramique belge dans le Nord de la Gaule. Caractérisation, chronologie, phénomènes culturels et économiques, Publications d'Histoire de l'Art et d'Archeologie de l'Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, (1996).
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