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The vessel is a common fourth-century type of beaker produced by most of the major late Romano-British potteries. The form is characterised by a globular body, a narrow, tall and inward-sloping neck, and a pedestal base. The fabric is dark red or red-brown, abundantly tempered with rounded and well-sorted white quartz grains (<0.5 mm.). It does not correspond with any of the fabrics of the major fine-ware potters in Britain and its source is unknown. It is covered all over in a black slip, which has been burnished smooth over the exterior. The decoration consists of a crudely-executed double band of rouletting on the shoulder, contained by a pair of horizontal grooves; there is also a single band of rouletting around the middle of the body, which serves as the upper border of a continuous incised scroll-pattern, unevenly executed. A pair of horizontal grooves without rouletting acts as the lower border of the scroll. All the decoration has been carried out before firing.
Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. IARCH dataset, AHRC funded University of Leicester and British Museum project. Imported and edited by M. Spoerri (June 2019 / Nov. 2024). Updated by C. Gazdac (Oct. 2025).
