Roman - Samian ware (5.TS.FR.ARG.0006)
- Category
- Samian ware (Roman)
- Fabric name
- Argonne samian (ARG SA)
- Chronology
- Roman > Late Roman
- Dating method(-s)
- fabric + decoration
- Potters' mark
- No
- Additional information
- sample from body fragment Chenet 320 with roller-stamped decoration (roller stamp NS1227): ca. 375 - 425 AD
Find location
- Site type
- Consumption site
- Location
- Belgium; West-Vlaanderen; Oudenburg
- Site name
- Oudenburg, Spegelaere
- Excavation or Survey Team
- excavation and post-excavation research by Flanders Heritage Agency, conducted by Sofie Vanhoutte
- Additional contextual information
- context: Roman fort Oudenburg; abandonment infill of double well fort level 5; drawing number OS2562.C154 (cf. Vanhoutte, De Clercq & Deschieter 2023: roller stamp NS1227)
Provenance
- Location
- France
- Region
- Eastern Gaul; Argonne
- Supposed site(s) of production
- Vauquois-Les Allieux
- Additional information
- Slip
- Yes
- Slip color
- matt, smooth red-brown
- Glaze
- No
- Glaze type
- Glaze color
- Glaze additives
- Additional information
- Slip
- Yes
- Slip color
- matt, smooth red-brown
- Glaze
- No
- Glaze type
- Glaze color
- Glaze additives
- Additional information
- Surface color
- matt, smooth red-brown slip
- Surface texture
- Smooth
- Fracture color
- orange-red
- Inclusions (non-plastics/tempering)
- well-sorted inclusions, mainly small, measuring 0.1-0.2 mm, mainly quartz inclusions, with sparse limestone inclusions, with some fine silver mica
- Matrix and voids
- very dense and well fired fabric, hardly any voids
- Diagnostic features
- very dense, well-fired fabric
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Pottery
- Inventory number
- 5.TS.FR.ARG.0006
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed
- Host collection
- Onroerenderfgoeddepot agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Archaeological Excavation
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Last modified: 2024-04-29.