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1884.37.63.6

Ceramic sherd

1884.37.63.6

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceramic sherd
Long description
Body sherd from a reduced fired [black] wheel-thrown vessel of fine pottery with red outer surface, originally identified as an urn. <10% organic and grog temper. Decorated with parallel linear comb marks. [JW [Excav. PR] 29/01/2013]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Romano-British
Date collected
1876
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Thrown
Dimensions
Thick: max 6 mm, Width: max 84 mm, Length: max 112 mm, Weight 58 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.37.63.6
Research and responses

Pitt Rivers conducted archaeological digs at Seaford Camp during 1876.

Pitt Rivers 'Excavations in the camp and tumulus at Seaford Sussex' Journal of the Anthropological Institute 6 [1876] 287 - 299: 'In this section is shown the position of the two large urns I was able to extract from the matrix without injury. One (fig 2 pl xvii) a Roman vessel, wheel turned about 9 in in height and elaborately ornamented with zigzag lines was found 2ft 6 in beneath the surface. The rim was broken before interment and remended by a piece of clay very rudely pressed on. The other {fig 1 fl xviii) found at 3ft 6 in from the surface was of ruder workmanship also wheelturned but made with less care than the former and a foot high. Whilst excavating the last we obtained very clear evidence that an older urn had been broken up in the process of depositing it in the grave ... Both urns contained burnt bones ... [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Vessel, Pottery, Sherd

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