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Early Medieval pottery dish
Wide shallow dish. The wall-sided rim is slightly concave externally and has an internal bevel; there is a fine ridge beneathit externally. Fine soft orange pink fabric with a thin darker-red slip which does not cover the surface porosities of the fabric. Phocean Red Slipware formaly known as 'Ai ware' or 'Late Roman C'
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/E.1
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section 6; Cut XXIII; Layer (15); Context O O: A spread of Ash and charcoal on the old ground surface, sometimes associated with built hearths.
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
diameter / mm:240
weight / g:12.6
thickness / mm:3
Material
phocean
limestone tempered
Techniques
wheel-thrown
slipped
Ceramic Surface Finish
Location
In store
Categories
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