Ceramic Body Sherd

Ceramic

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Ceramic Body Sherd

Entry/Object ID

E.2024.4

Description

Small Piece of ceramic body sherd with line decoration on one side.

Use

Pottery was used for a variety of purposes such as but not limited to: to store food and liquids, cook with, eat/drink from, decoration, and to hold cosmetics.

Context

Found at Trimontium during field walking.

Collection

Trimontium Trust

Acquisition

Accession

E.2024.4

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

sherds

Dimensions

Width

21.1 mm

Depth

10.1 mm

Length

21.7 mm

Weight

4 g

Material

Ceramic

Color

Orange, Tan

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Web Links and URLs

Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found by Walter Elliot

Role

Fieldwalker

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

From box labelled Walter Elliot - (Trim Story 4/4) Box containing several other clay pieces