Bantham Reed, Bidwell, and Allan 2011 Fig. 18 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Bantham Reed, Bidwell, and Allan 2011 Fig. 18

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Context Information

Site Name

Bantham

Date

Late 5th - late 6th or early 7th c

Site Type

Harbor/port

Country/Region

England/Southwest

Period

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Archaeological Context

Locus 501

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Cream fabric (10YR 8/3). Inclusions: abundant, well-sorted, fine quartz; common, well-sorted, fine red ironstone and black sand. There are also very fine, sparse, gold or silver mica and fine limeston

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Closely set grooves and clapboard ridging. Traces of a thin, whitish wash are preserved on the fragment of neck incised with markings before firing

Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Bantham Reed, Bidwell, and Allan 2011 Fig. 18

Transport amphora

Bantham

Late 5th - late 6th or early 7th c

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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

Reed, S.; Bidwell, P.; and Allan, J. "Excavation at Bantham, South Devon, and Post-Roman Trade in South-West England" Medieval Archaeology 55 (2010), 82–138 , Figure Figure 18.

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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.).