Cawsand Duggan 2013 Fig. 1 and 3 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Cawsand Duggan 2013 Fig. 1 and 3

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Context Information

Site Name

Cawsand

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Site Type

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Country/Region

England/Southwest

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Archaeological Context

Tertiary context (sporadic finding)

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Variable colour due to deposit nature (underwater). Fabric with hard, sandy feel and a buff colour (grey 5Y 5/1); it "appears to contain moderate, fine, rounded black sand and angular white grains (po

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 2

Cawsand Duggan 2013 Fig. 1 and 3

Transport amphora

Cawsand

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Cawsand Duggan 2013 Fig. 1 and 3

Transport amphora

Cawsand

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Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Duggan, M.. "A Late Roman 1 Amphora recovered off Cawsand, Plymouth Sound" Cornish Archaeology 52 (2013), 239–245 , Figure Figure 1, Figure 3, Page 240, 244.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This vessel was uploaded to the LCP as a part of the LCP's Handbook to the LRA1 (2025, 1st ed.).