Potsherd: Atlas of Roman Pottery

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Aldborough mortaria

Mortaria manufactured at or near Aldborough (North Yorkshire/GB) with a limited distribution in northern England during 2nd century AD.

Mortaria100200
Aldgate-Pulborough terra sigillata

Terra sigillata manufactured at Pulborough (Sussex/GB), and perhaps also at London (GB) during early-mid 2nd century AD, with limited distribution in south-east England.

Terra Sigillata120150
Alice Holt/Farnham grey wares

Grey sandy coarse wares produced at several sites in the area of Alice Holt Forest (Hants/GB) and Farnham (Surrey/GB), from the 1st to the 4th centuries AD, and widely distributed across southern England.

Coarse wares40400
Black-burnished 1

Coarse-textured hand-formed black sandy wares with burnished surfaces, typically everted-rim jars, plain dishes, flat-rimmed or flanged bowls decorated externally with zones of burnished lattice or intersecting arcs. Produced in the Poole Harbour region (Dorset/GB) and distributed thoughout Britain from the mid-2nd to 4th centuries AD. Everted-rim jars, flanged bowls and dishes derived from BB1 originals become the dominant forms in many Romano-British coarse ware industries during the later 3rd-4th cent. AD.

Coarse wares40410
Black-burnished 2

Wheel-thrown grey or black sand-tempred wares, typically everted-rim jars with burnished lattice decoration, bead-rim and plain dishes. Produced at sites around the Thames estuary (Kent/GB and Essex/GB)and distributed in south-east England and in northern Britain during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.

Coarse wares120250
Caerleon mortaria

Mortaria manufactured at or near Caerleon (Gwent/Wales/GB) during 2nd century AD; distributed across south Wales and south-west England.

Mortaria100200
Colchester colour-coated wares

Colour-coated beakers and other forms produced at Colchester (Essex/GB) and distributed across south and east Britain during the 2nd to 4th centuries AD.

Fine wares120250
Colchester mortaria

Mortaria manufactured at Colchester (Essex/GB) during 1st and 2nd centuries AD; wide distribution in eastern and northern England and southern Scotland during mid-late 2nd century AD.

Mortaria40200
Colchester terra sigillata

Terra sigillata manufactured at Colchester (Essex/GB) during mid-late 2nd century AD, with limited distribution in eastern England. Some of the potters working at Colchester had earlier operated at East Gaulish factories such as Sinzig and Trier (DE).

Terra Sigillata150200
Corbridge mortaria

Mortaria manufactured at or near Corbridge (Northumberland/GB) during the 2nd century AD; distributed across northern England and southern Scotland.

Mortaria100190
Crambeck wares

Grey wares, white wares and red-slipped produced near Crambeck (Yorkshire/GB) and distributed across northern Britain during the 4th century AD.

Coarse wares300410
Dales ware and Dales-type ware

Jars in coarse shell-tempered wares produced in the Lincolnshire and widely distributed across northern Britain during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.

Coarse wares200375
Derbyshire ware

Moulded-rim jars in hard grey wares produced in Derbyshire and distributed across central and northern Britain during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.

Coarse wares140350
East Anglian mortaria

Mortaria manufactured at several sites in East Anglia with a distribution across Eastern England during 2nd century AD.

Mortaria00
Eden Valley mortaria

Mortaria manufactured in the Carlisle area (Cumbria/GB) with a distribution in northern England during 2nd century AD.

Mortaria00
Gauloise 12 amphoras

A flat-based two-handled amphora with a thick projecting rim with multiple grooves on the uppers surface. Produced in Normandy (FR) with a largely local distribution but some specimens in Britain.

Amphoras180300
Gloucester-region mortaria

Mortaria manufactured at or near Gloucester (Glos/GB) during 1st century AD with wide but thin distribution across southern Britain.

Mortaria5590
Hadham red-slipped wares

Red wares produced in the area of Hadham (Herts/GB) and distributed across south and east England during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.

Fine wares200410
Huntcliff ware

A distinctive variety of hand made, black or dark brown. calcite-gritted pottery limited to a range of distinctive forms, manufactured in East Yorkshire. A distinctive thick-walled cooking pot with a heavy curved rim, often with a groove on the inside of the lip, was extremely common across northern England, during the later 4th century.

Coarse wares00
Late Roman grog-tempered wares

Coarse textured hand-formed grog-tempered jars, bowls and dishes produced in south-east England during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.

Coarse wares270410
Lincolnshire mortaria

Mortaria manufactured at several sites in and around Lincoln (Lincs/GB) during 2nd century AD; wide distribution across northern England and southern Scotland;

Mortaria100200
London-Essex stamped wares

Fine textured grey or orange wares with roller stamped decoration produced in the south-east England during the 2nd century AD.

Fine wares70125
Malvernian coarse wares

Cooking pots in coarse grey or black wares produced in the Malvern Hills region (Hereford & Worcs/GB) and distibuted in western Britain during the 2nd to 4th centuries AD.

Coarse wares100200
Mancetter-Hartshill mortaria

Mortaria manufactured at Mancetter and Hartshill (Warks/GB) from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD; extensive distribution in midlands and northern England.

Mortaria100350
Nene Valley colour-coated wares

Fine table wares in a pale fabric with darker colour coat, often decorated with barbotine or painted decoration, produced in the Nene valley (Hunts/GB) and widely distributed across Britain during the 2nd to 4th centuries AD.

Fine wares150410
Nene Valley mortaria

Mortaria manufactured in the Nene Valley potteries (Hunts/GB) from 2nd to 4th centuries AD; wide distribution in eastern England.

Mortaria110400
New Forest mortaria

Mortaria manufactured in New Forset potteries (Hants/GB) during 3rd and 4th centuries AD; distributed across southern Britain.

Mortaria260370
New Forest slipped wares

A wide range of fine tables wares produced in the New Forest (Hants/GB) and distributed across southern Britain during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.

Fine wares260370
North Kent shell-tempered storage jars

Large storage jars in coarse shell-tempered fabrics produced in northern Kent (GB) and distributed in south-east England and along the east coast during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.

Coarse wares60150
Oxfordshire parchment ware

Bowls and jars in pale granular wares, often with darker painted decoration, produced in the Oxfordshire potteries (Oxon/GB) and distributed across southern England during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.

Coarse wares240410
Oxfordshire red/brown-slipped wares

A wide range of red-slipped tables wares, often decorated with rouletting, stamps or white slip, produced in the Oxfordshire potteries (Oxon/GB) and widely distributed across Britain during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.

Fine wares240410
Oxfordshire white-ware mortaria

Mortaria manufactured in Oxfordshire potteries (Oxon/GB) from 2nd to 4th centuries AD; wide distribution across midlands and southern England.

Mortaria100410
Pevensey red-slipped ware

Red-slipped wares with a hard orange-red fabric produced near Pevensey; forms similar to red-slipped Oxfordshire and New Forest types.

Fine wares00
Portchester fabric D ware

Jars, bowls and dishes in a coarse cream or yellow fabric, produced in the Surrey-Hampshire border region (GB) and distributed in southern England during the 4th century AD.

Coarse wares300410
Rossington Bridge Black-burnished ware

Jars and dishes in a hard grey sandy fabric produced at Rossington Bridge (nr Doncaster, Yorkshire/GB) with limited distribution in northern Britain during the 2nd century AD.

Coarse wares140180
Rossington Bridge mortaria

Mortaria manufactured at Rossington Bridge (nr Doncaster, Yorks/GB) during 2nd centuries AD; distributed in northern England and southern Scotland;

Mortaria135190
Savernake-type grey wares

Jars, bowls and dishes in a coarse grey ware produced at several sites in Wiltshire (GB) during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.

Coarse wares40300
Scottish mortaria

Mortaria manufactured in the Newstead region (Borders/GB) during 2nd century AD; distributed in southern Scotland.

Mortaria00
Severn Valley wares

A range of orange or red-brown wares produced along the middle Severn valley and distributed across western Britain (and sparsely in northern Britain) from 2nd to 4th centuries AD.

Coarse wares40410
Shepton Mallet mortaria

Mortaria manufactured at Shepton Mallet (Somerset) during the 2nd century AD.

Mortaria00
Soft pink grog-tempered wares

A coarse lumpy pink or orange grog-tempered ware produced in central England during the 2nd to 4th centuries AD.

Coarse wares160410
South Devon burnished ware

Jars and bowls in a hard grey or black ware produced in south Devon (GB) and distributed in south-west England during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.

Coarse wares60410
South Midlands shell-tempered wares

Jars, bowls and dishes in coarse shell-tempered wares produced in eastern England and distributed widely in Britain during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.

Coarse wares300410
South-central England glazed ware

Jars, bowls and beakers in fine micaceous orange wares with orange-brown glaze, distributed in southern England during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.

Fine wares70120
South-east England glazed ware

Flasks, beakers and bowls in a green-glazed grey ware, decorated with white barbotine, distributed in southern England during the 2nd century AD.

Fine wares70120
South-western Black-burnished ware

Jars, bowls and dishes in coarse black sandy wares produced in Dorset or Somerset (GB) and distributed in south-west Britain during 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.

Coarse wares40250
Sugar Loaf Court ware

Orange-brown fired coarse wares from the City of London. A series of wasters from Sugar Loaf Court, in the SW sector of the Roman City suggest local manufacture, and the forms produced suggest that the potters were immigrants to London, probably from Gaul, during the mid 1st century AD.

Coarse wares00
The 'London ware' style

A range of fine-textured grey or black wares with incised or compass drawn decoration produced at a number of sites in south and east England during the 2nd century AD.

Fine wares70150
Upper Nene valley mortaria

Mortaria manufactured in the Upper Nene Valley during the 2nd century AD.

Mortaria00
Verulamium-region coarse white slipped ware

A coarse red ware with a white or cream slip manufactured in the Verulamium-region industry in the later 1st and 2nd century AD.

Coarse wares00
Verulamium-region marbled ware

A rare marbled-slipped variant of the white fabric manufactured at Brockley Hill (Middx/GB) and St Albans (Verulamium, Herts/GB) and surrounding region during 1st and 2nd centuries AD.

Fine wares00
Verulamium-region mica-dusted ware

A rare mica-dusted variant of the white fabric manufactured at Brockley Hill (Middx/GB) and St Albans (Verulamium, Herts/GB) and surrounding region during 1st and 2nd centuries AD.

Fine wares00
Verulamium-region mortaria

Mortaria manufactured at Brockley Hill (Middx/GB) and St Albans (Verulamium, Herts/GB) and surrounding region during 1st and 2nd centuries AD; wide distribution in southern Britain and (more rarely) northern England and southern Scotland.

Mortaria50200
Verulamium-region white ware

Flagons, bowls and jars in a pale granular wares produced at Brockley Hill (Middx/GB) and the St Albans (Verulamium, Herts/GB) region and distributed in south-east England during the the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.

Coarse wares50200
Wilderspool mortaria

Mortaria manufactured at Warrington (Ches/GB) with distribution in north-west England, north Wales and southern Scotland during 2nd century AD.

Mortaria110190
Wroxeter mortaria

Mortaria manufactured in Wroxeter region (Salop/GB) with distribution in West Midlands. Wales, northern England and southern Scotland during 2nd century AD.

Mortaria100170
York-region mortaria

Mortaria manufactured in York region (Yorks/GB) with limited distribution in north-east England during 2nd century AD.

Mortaria00
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