1884.37.63.20

Collection type

Object

Description

Ceramic sherd

Long description

Body sherd from a reduced fired [black] wheel-thrown vessel of fine pottery, originally identified as an urn. <10% organic and grog temper. Decorated with parallel linear comb marks. [JW [Excav. PR] 29/01/2013]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England East Sussex Lewes Seaford

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: Romano-British

Date collected

1876

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Pottery, Process Thrown

Dimensions

Thick: max 5 mm, Width: max 31 mm, Length: max 48 mm, Weight 7 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.37.63.20

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