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Roman pottery mortarium
Rim flat, acute-angled and reeded; on opposite sides of it are small rudimentary lugs, formed by attaching a strip of clay to the edge of the rim after the vessel has been formed on the wheel. Spout shallow, scooped out with a knife or the like. There is a shallow external step or offset below the rim, and the footiring though shallow is well marked. A little more than half the vessel is represented, and each of the three large fragments bears a single bore-hole well within the line of fracture, indicating that the vessel had been mended with rivetss of lead or other metal.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
38.298/115
Find Information
Site Name: Prestatyn, Denbighshire
Grid Reference: SJ 062 818
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1937
Notes: Cut 17 - from the layer of gravel
Acquisition
Donation, 9/5/1938
Measurements
Material
oxidized ware
Techniques
slipped
Ceramic Surface Finish
Location
In store
Categories
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