- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ceramic sherd
- Long description
- Body sherd of Samian ware with moulded decoration - borders and two human figures in combat. A piece of lead pierces the sherd. [CG [Excav. PR] 09/09/2013] Samian sherd [Ray Inskeep] Please note that this seems to be a body sherd rather than a rim sherd, however all the other information matches. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 5/11/2004].
- Geographical reference
- England Greater London City of London EC2 London Wall Gooch and Cousens wool warehouse "20 feet deep in peat"
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Roman
- Date collected
- 1866 Dec 22
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Pottery, Material Lead Metal, Material Metal, Process Thrown, Process Moulded, Process Decorated, Process Slipped, Process Riveted
- Dimensions
- Length: max 100 mm, Width: max 76 mm, Thick: max 10 mm, Weight 63 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.41.110
- Research and responses
Pitt Rivers excavated part of the London Wall in October to December 1866. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]
Pitt Rivers monitored excavations happening at London Wall between October and December 1866. He published two papers on this in 1867. His work was also heavily referenced in a 1906 paper by Norman and Reader. Full references: Lane Fox, A. 1867a. ‘On objects of the Roman period found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall’ Archaeological Journal 24:61-64; Lane Fox, A. 1867b. ‘A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of pile buildings.’ Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5:71-83; Norman, P. and Reader, F.W. 1906. ‘Recent discoveries in connection with Roman London.’ Archaeologia 60:169-250 [CB 8/12/2009]
- Associated publications
- Lane Fox, A.H. 1867. Objects found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall. Archaeological Journal 24: 61-64. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013] Lane-Fox, A.H. 1867. A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of Pile Buildings. Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5: lxxi-lxxxiii. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013]
1884.41.110
Ceramic sherd
On display
1884.41.110
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