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LOT 0605
Romano-British Buffware Mortaria from Nene Valley
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
13 5/8 in. (2.41 kg, 34.5 cm wide).
With broad squat body, lip inside the curved rim, ribbed pouring lip; repaired. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Nene Valley, Peterborough, UK.
From an old English collection.
Acquired from Helios Gallery in 2011.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
See Darling, M.J., Roman Pottery from the Upper Defences, Lincoln Archaeological Trust. Monograph, 16/2, Council for British Archaeology for the Lincoln Archaeological Trust, London, (1984), pp.69-73, for similar.
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