Fabric 37 - Severn Valley mortarium
Soft-fired fabric containing sparse red-brown flecks measuring <0.5mm and with trituration grits of angular white opaque quartzite.
Orange throughout.
Orange throughout.
Manufacture
Wheel-thrown
Decoration
Self-coloured matt slip.
Newland Hopfields, Great Malvern, WORCESTERSHIRE
Probably produced at a number of sites in the Severn Basin. The kiln site at Newland Hopfields, Great Malvern had sherds of this mortaria type which were thought to be kiln products and a broken stamp noted on one flange fragment, which unfortunately could not be identified (Evans et al. 2000, 43). Other examples of this type of mortaria are known from Wroxeter.
3 related kilns
Probably produced at a number of sites in the Severn Basin. The kiln site at Newland Hopfields, Great Malvern had sherds of this mortaria type which were thought to be kiln products and a broken stamp noted on one flange fragment, which unfortunately could not be identified (Evans et al. 2000, 43). Other examples of this type of mortaria are known from Wroxeter.
3 related kilns
Roman (1st to early 2nd century)
Stamps from Wroxeter have indicated production of this ware between c.AD65-120 with rim forms which could date well before AD100. Evidence from Deansway, Worcester indicates that mortaria of this type were almost certainly residual by the mid 2nd century (Bryant and Evans 2004).
Stamps from Wroxeter have indicated production of this ware between c.AD65-120 with rim forms which could date well before AD100. Evidence from Deansway, Worcester indicates that mortaria of this type were almost certainly residual by the mid 2nd century (Bryant and Evans 2004).
Hardness
Soft
Feel
Powdery
Surface treatment
Self-coloured matt slip
Core colour
Orange
Int surface colour
Orange
Ext surface colour
Orange
| DB ID | Modified | Description | Frequency | Size | Sorting | Rounding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 183 | 0 | Brown-red flecks | Sparse | Fine |