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Long-lived Samian?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2010

Colin Wallace
Colin Wallace
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1 Warriston Terrace, Edinburgh EH3 5LZ, c.r.wallace@liv.ac.uk
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Abstract

In order to study the possibility that some samian (terra sigillata) vessels remained available and/or in circulation for quite some time, a review has been made of closed groups (especially grave-assemblages), as a useful starting point. This paper argues that it is reasonable to expect some complete first-century samian vessels to have survived into the second century; also that some second-century vessels had survived into the fourth century at least throughout Roman Britain.

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Roman BritainRoman potterysamianburialsCorbridge pottery shop

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Britannia , Volume 37 , November 2006 , pp. 259 - 272
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Copyright © Colin Wallace 2006. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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