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Roman pottery mortarium
Has a red-painted style of decoration with black grits. (Hammerhead?) of white ware, the flange being painted with red streaks and the interior roughened with dark grit. Just under half survives the rest restored. Drill holes for rivetting near one edge.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
23.292/16.14
Find Information
Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon
Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1920-1923
Notes: from a typical 4th century floor within the Commandant's House, Building II, N.R. (1)
Measurements
diameter / mm:205 [at rim]
height / mm:62
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