Fragment, Pottery
Production date
0500 BCE-0400 BCE
Country
England
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Object detail
Description
Roman red-stained pottery fragments. Brownish paste and brown surface.
Classification
ARCHAEOLOGY Roman
Production date
0500 BCE-0400 BCE
Production place
Measurements
L30mm x W17mm x D7.5mm
Media/Materials description
Pottery vessel made of fired clay, complete or fragmented
Inclusions to make the clay less sticky, reduce shrinkage, increase resistance to thermal shock and strength prior to firing.
History and use
Pottery sherds are broken pieces of pottery, often with irregularly shaped broken edges. How do we know what part of a vessel a sherd came from? Sherds can be classified into one of three categories: rim sherds, body sherds, and base sherds. Rim sherds are the most informative and easy to classify and tell us what kind of rim a vessel had: inslanting, flared or vertical. The curvature of the rim can be measured to tell us the size of the vessels opening. This piece is likley to be a body fragment and has slight curvature.
Associated person
Registration number
E40257.4
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