Ceramic vessel
Comment
A narrow-mouthed grey ware jar which was broken on discovery but largely retrieved. The fabric is mid-grey, darker at the surfaces, and hard, with some fine sand and occasional fine grog inclusions visible and some fine silver mica. The upper part of the exterior is burnished, with horizontal bands of burnishing alternating with two plain bands which have a single burnished wavy line. The bottom is burnished on the exterior, including the turned base. The underside of the base has a rough bisected circle scratched on after firing. On the upper part of the body, an oval hole, 15 mm by 10 mm, seems to have been made deliberately, too, after firing. The fabric is not particularly distinctive on visual inspection but is not dissimilar to the products of the Hacheston kilns, although this narrow-mouthed jar form is not present in any of the Hacheston kiln groups. A similar narrow-mouthed form with burnished bands and wavy lines was produced at kilns at Homersfield in North Suffolk; this group was dated on stylistic grounds to the late third or early fourth centuries.
Preservation
complete
Form
Jar
Material
Ceramic
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