English: A Roman base sherd from a flat-bottomed vessel or jar of shell-tempered coarse-ware. The base shows parallel marks suggesting the vessel was wheel thrown. Estimated diameter 100 -110 mm.
Fabric: Core is reduced dark grey with profuse inclusions and sparse voids. Surface, dark grey: hard.
Inclusions: crushed shell, >1 mm to 7 mm.
Forming: wheel thrown. No visible decoration, wheel marks on base
Form: Vessel or Jar
Fragment: Base sherd
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date
between 200 and 400
Accession number
FindID: 841509 Old ref: DENO-658B62 Filename: DENO658B62.jpg
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