Pottery fragment

Name/Title

Pottery fragment

Entry/Object ID

E.2023.83

Description

Terracotta pottery sherd with brown petal decoration. Part of the Anstey Collection.

Use

This sherd would have been apart of a larger vessel. The vessel most likely would have been for food and drink.

Collection

Trimontium Trust

Category

Pottery, Fragment

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

John Anstey

Notes

Anstey collection donated to museum in 2005 by wife of John Anstey, Rosemary Burton.

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pottery

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Factory

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Industrial Structures

Nomenclature Class

Structures

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

Roman pottery styles

Dimensions

Width

27 mm

Depth

4 mm

Length

74 mm

Material

Ceramic

Color

Red, Brown

Condition

Overall Condition

Good