Large buff ware pottery vessel of coiled construction with rounded base, conical body and a small mouth. [JP 19/7/2004]

Collection type: Object
Description: Large buff ware pottery vessel of coiled construction with rounded base, conical body and a small mouth. [JP 19/7/2004]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Greater London City of London EC2 London Wall
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Sarah Constance Silver; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Roman, uncertain
Date collected: By 1906
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/1906 Found unentered: 2004
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Coiled
Dimensions: Diameter: max 239 mm, Height: max 320 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1906.20.280
Research and responses: 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]

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