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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
M.1681
Description
Samian Ware bowl with maker's mark stamped in the centre. Glaze worn away on exterior and on rind inside; foot broken away.
Cultures/periods
Romano-British
Production date
170-200
Production place
Made in:
Lezoux
Made in:
Vichy
(& Lubie, Toulon-sur-Allier & Terre-Franche)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Pudding Pan Rock
Materials
pottery
Ware
Gaulish Red Slip Ware
Type series
Dragendorff 33
Technique
stamped
glazed
terra sigillata
Dimensions
Diameter:
5.50 inches
(5 ½)
Height:
2.75 inches
(2 ¾)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
From possible Roman ship wreck or lost cargo of second century AD Samian pottery from the Thames Estuary at Pudding Pan, Pan Sands , Pan Rock (various names for the same area) north of Herne Bay, north Kent. A large quantity of Samian pottery has been recovered from this site by fishermen and entered collections since the 18th Century. This Museum has one of the largest collections of Samian from the site, and played a role in two investigations to locate the source of the pottery in the early 20th and early 21st Centuries. Roman Pottery (1908) Bibliography: ‘Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum’ (C.I.L.) vii. 1336, 100a; 'Archaeologia' v. pp.289, 290, and see vi. p. 392; Froehner, 187.
Bibliographic references
Roman Pottery / Catalogue of the Roman Pottery in the British Museum
(M.1681)
Terra Sigillata 1 / Volume 1 (A to AXO)
(p. 292, stamp 5a)
(Potter: Atilianus i)
Walsh 2017 / Pudding Pan: A Roman Shipwreck and its Cargo in Context
(p.38, table.9, p.39, p.47, p.148-149, p.173)
Location
On display
(G1/wp28/sh5)
Acquisition name
From:
Charles Townley
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
M.1681
Conservation
Gallery Clean
: 06 Jun 2003