There are chapters on amphorae, mortaria, and coarse and fine wares, with particular emphasis on Colchester products. |
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Their Verulamium Region counterparts, however, produced Continental-style flagons and mortaria that were traded much further afield. |
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Stamped mortaria rims were recovered from 38 individual vessels, while there were 212 unstamped vessels. |
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The mortaria in Sandy were made in pottery factories in Oxfordshire, St. Albans and along the Nene valley. |
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Some Rossington Bridge mortaria are stamped jointly by Sarrius and either Setibogius or Secundua. |
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We had to grind these in mortaria and then heat them in the oil to yield a thick, strongly scented oil. |
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At first mortaria were imported, but potters in Britain soon started to copy the design. |
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Some of the vessels, including sherds of mortaria, are known to have been produced in York, though the majority seem to have come from a more local source. |
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