- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Body sherd of a Samian ware vessel. Moulded decoration on the outer surface - borders and foliage. [CG [Excav. PR] 03/06/2013]
- Long description
- Body sherd of a Samian ware vessel. Moulded decoration on the outer surface - borders and foliage. [CG [Excav. PR] 03/06/2013]
- Geographical reference
- England Greater London
- 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
- By 1884
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 4 mm, Length x Width: max 73 x 50 mm, Weight 16 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.41.58.3 PR Cat other PR nos: 3653 PR Cat other PR nos: 3673
- 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]
- 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]
1884.41.58.3
Body sherd of a Samian ware vessel. Moulded decoration on the outer surface - borders and foliage. [CG [Excav. PR] 03/06/2013]
1884.41.58.3
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