NHER 11050 (Find Spot record) - Roman samian ware pot

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Summary

Between 1948 and 1950 a Roman samian ware pot was recovered, depicting a panther and two deer. The pot is probably from Lezoux in France, and was made around 150 AD.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TM28NE
Civil Parish	WORTWELL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1948 to 1950. Disused gravel pit north-west of Broadwash Farm.
Coarse Roman pottery and one large fragment of Samian Ware F.37 (S1).
Decorated with Panther, galloping left, see (S1) plate LXIV.1541, Lezoux Antonine-Marius style. Pantheress, walking left, See (S1) Plate LXIV.1557 Rheinzabern-Antonine. Two deer on right, see (S1) Plate LXXIII.1805, Lezoux-Trajan-Antonine- Butrio-Petomus style, and bottom of (S1) plate LXXIV.1822M - Lezoux- Trajan-Antonine-Butrix style. Probably Lezoux ware of around 150 A.D.
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Wortwell.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 28 NE 6.
<S1> SNF66601 Monograph: Oswald, F.. 1931. Index of Potters'Stamps on Terra Sigillata 'Samian Ware'..

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Object Types (1)

POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Wortwell (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 19 2016 9:55AM