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Roman pottery mortarium
Mortarium (food-mixing bowl). Inscribed before firing. Mid-1st century A.D.
Roman pottery mortarium with a flange rim, a spout and grits on the internal surface. The external surface is not presented particular decoration, only a graffito that was cut before the bowl was fired. Translated, the inscription reads 'Mixing bowl for the barrack-room of Messor'. The presence of grits on the internal surface suggest that this typology of pottery was used for mixing or grinding ingredients of food, paints, make-up and ointments.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.11H/24.1
Find Information
Site Name: Usk, Monmouthshire
Grid Reference: SO 3775 0049
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1973
Notes: fragments found in adjacent pits
Measurements
internal diameter / mm:324.0
diameter / mm
height / mm:120.0
thickness / mm:16.0 (rim)
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