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The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection: a Handbook

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Appendix 1: Keywords and Definitions
Appendix 2: Physical Layout of Sherds Housed in the NRFRC

 

Appendix 2: Physical layout of sherds housed in the NRFC


Type Abbreviation &
number of Samples
GALLO-BELGIC WARES
Terra nigra
Central Gaulish (Micaceous) Terra Nigra CNG TN (3)
Gallia-Belgica (Vesle Valley) Terra Nigra 1 GAB TN1 (4)
Gallia-Belgica (Eggshell) Terra Nigra 2 GAB TN2 (2)
Terra rubra
Central Gaulish (Micaceous) Terra Rubra CNG TR (4)
Gallia-Belgica Terra Rubra 1A GAB TR1A (2)
Gallia-Belgica Terra Rubra 1B GAB TR1B (1)
Gallia-Belgica Terra Rubra 1C GAB TR1C (3)
Gallia-Belgica Terra Rubra 2 GAB TR2 (1)
Gallia-Belgica Terra Rubra 3 GAB TR3 (3)
White wares
North Gaulish (Gallo-Belgic Pipeclay) White ware 1 NOG WH1 (4)
North Gaulish (Gallo-Belgic Powdery) White ware 2 NOG WH2 (1)
North Gaulish (Gallo-Belgic Sandy) White ware 3 NOG WH3 (2)
Other wares
Gallia-Belgica Cracklé Bleuté GAB CB (1)
Gallia-Belgica Reduced ware GAB RE (1)
SAMIAN WARES
Imported
Argonne, East Gaulish samian ARG SA (6)
Blickweiler, East Gaulish samian BLW SA (4)
Chémery Faulquemont, East Gaulish samian CHF SA (1)
Heiligenberg, East Gaulish samian HGB SA (4)
La Graufesenque, South Gaulish samian LGF SA (10)
La Madeleine, East Gaulish samian MAD SA (4)
Les Martres-de-Veyre, Central Gaulish samian LMV SA (7)
Lezoux, Central Gaulish (1st century) samian 1 LEZ SA1 (7)
Lezoux, Central Gaulish samian 2 LEZ SA2 (7)
Lyon, Italian-style sigillata LYO SA (5)
Montans, South Gaulish samian MON SA (5)
Pisa, Italian sigillata PIS SA (2)
Rheinzabern, East Gaulish samian RHZ SA (4)
Sinzig, East Gaulish samian SIN SA (2)
Trier, East Gaulish samian TRI SA (2)
Romano-British
Colchester samian COL SA (3)
Pulborough samian PUL SA (2)
RED-SLIPPED WARES
Imported
Argonne Red-slipped ware ARG RS (3)
North African Red-slipped ware NAF RS (5)
Romano-British
Caerleon Red-slipped ware CAR RS (1)
New Forest (Coarse) Red-slipped ware 1 NFO RS1 (1)
New Forest (Fine) Red-slipped ware 2 NFO RS2 (7)
Oxford Red-slipped ware OXF RS (8)
Shepton Mallet Red-slipped ware SHM RS (1)
Wilderspool Red-slipped ware WIL RS (1)
Wroxeter Red-slipped ware WRX RS (2)
POMPEIAN RED WARES
Imported
Campanian Pompeian Red ware 1 CAM PR1 (4)
Central Gaulish Pompeian Red ware 3 CNG PR3 (5)
Imported Pompeian Red ware 6 IMP PR6 (1)
MARBLED WARES
Imported
Céramique à l'éponge Marbled ware EPO MA (4)
Lower Rhineland Marbled ware LOR MA (2)
COLOUR-COATED WARES
Imported
Argonne Colour-coated ware ARG CC (1)
Central Gaulish Black-slipped ware CNG BS (5)
Central Gaulish (White) Colour-coated ware 1 CNG CC1 (5)
Central Gaulish (Cream) Colour-coated ware 2 CNG CC2 (4)
Cologne Colour-coated ware KOL CC (5)
Lyon Colour-coated ware LYO CC (2)
Moselkeramik Black-slipped ware MOS BS (5)
North Italian Eggshell ware NOI EG (2)
South Gaulish Colour-coated ware SOG CC (2)
Spanish Colour-coated ware SPA CC (3)
Romano-British
Caerleon Colour-coated ware CAR CC (4)
Colchester (Early) Colour-coated ware 1 COL CC1 (1)
Colchester (Late) Colour-coated ware 2 COL CC2 (6)
Great Casterton Colour-coated ware GRC CC (4)
Lower Nene Valley (White or Oxidised) Colour-coated ware LNV CC (9)
New Forest (Metallic) Colour-coated ware NFO CC (6)
Pakenham Colour-coated ware PAK CC (5)
South Carlton Colour-coated ware SOC CC (1)
Swanpool Colour-coated ware SWN CC (3)
GLAZED WARES
Imported
Central Gaulish (White) Glazed ware 1 CNG GL1 (1)
Central Gaulish (Cream) Glazed ware 2 CNG GL2 (2)
Romano-British
Southern British Glazed ware SOB GL (6)
MICA-DUSTED WARES
Imported
Braives Mica-dusted ware BRA MD (3)
Romano-British
Pakenham Mica-dusted ware PAK MD (1)
Romano-British Mica-dusted ware ROB MD (1)
PARCHMENT WARES
Romano-British
Crambeck Parchment ware CRA PA (3)
Lower Nene Valley Parchment ware LNV PA (4)
Mancetter-Hartshill Parchment ware MAH PA (1)
New Forest (Coarse) Parchment ware NFO PA (2)
Oxford Parchment ware OXF PA (2)
WHITE WARES
Imported
Aoste, Isère White ware AOI WH (1)
Italian White ware ITA WH (1)
North Gaulish White ware 4 NOG WH4 (9)
North Gaulish (Amiens) White ware 5 NOG WH5 (6)
Rhineland White ware RHL WH (6)
Soller White ware SOL WH (3)
?Spanish White ware SPA WH (4)
Romano-British
Aldborough White ware ALD WH (2)
Brampton White ware BRM WH (5)
Colchester White ware COL WH (7)
Corbridge White ware COR WH (2)
Crambeck White ware CRA WH (1)
Hampshire White ware HAM WH (1)
Lincoln Technical College White ware LTC WH (1)
Lower Nene Valley White ware LNV WH (1)
Mancetter-Hartshill White ware MAH WH (5)
New Forest (Coarse) White ware 1 NFO WH1 (1)
New Forest (Fine) White ware 2 NFO WH2 (2)
Overwey White ware OVW WH (3)
Oxford White ware OXF WH (2)
South Carlton White ware SOC WH (2)
Upper Nene Valley White ware UNV WH (2)
Verulamium Region White ware VER WH (6)
Wiggonholt White ware WIG WH (3)
Wroxeter White ware WRX WH (6)
WHITE-SLIPPED WARES
Romano-British
Caerleon White-slipped ware CAR WS (1)
Cantley White-slipped ware CAN WS (2)
Carlisle/Scalesceugh Area White-slipped ware CSA WS (2)
Catterick Vicinity White-slipped ware CTR WS (2)
Eboracum White-slipped ware EBO WS (1)
Holt White-slipped ware HOL WS (1)
Mancetter-Hartshill White-slipped ware MAH WS (1)
Oxford White-slipped ware OXF WS (3)
Pakenham White-slipped ware PAK WS (1)
South-West White-slipped ware SOW WS (5)
Swanpool White-slipped ware SWN WS (1)
Wilderspool White-slipped ware WIL WS (1)
Wroxeter White-slipped ware WRX WS (3)
OXIDISED WARES
Imported
Central Gaulish (Rhône Valley) Oxidised ware CNG OX (5)
Gallia Lugdunensis Oxidised ware GLG OX (1)
Speicher Oxidised ware SPE OX (1)
Romano-British
Caerleon Oxidised ware CAR OX (1)
Eboracum Oxidised ware EBO OX (3)
Hadham Oxidised ware HAD OX (5)
Holt Oxidised ware HOL OX (4)
Nar Valley Oxidised ware NAR OX (3)
(Malvernian) Severn Valley Oxidised ware 1 SVW OX1 (4)
(Unsourced) Severn Valley Oxidised ware 2 SVW OX2 (5)
Wilderspool Oxidised ware WIL OX (3)
Wroxeter Oxidised ware WRX OX (1)
COARSE WARES
Imported
Mayen Coarse ware MAY CO (5)
Romano-British
Derbyshire Coarse ware DER CO (4)
FINE REDUCED WARES
Romano-British
Lincoln Market Rasen Fine Reduced ware LMR FR (4)
London Fine Reduced ware LON FR (4)
Oxford Fine Reduced ware OXF FR (3)
Rossington Bridge Fine Reduced ware ROS FR (2)
Upchurch Fine Reduced ware UPC FR (5)
West Stow Fine Reduced ware WES FR (6)
REDUCED WARES
Imported
North Gaulish Reduced ware NOG RE (4)
Romano-British
Alice Holt Reduced ware ALH RE (7)
Crambeck Reduced ware CRA RE (4)
East Anglian Reduced ware EAA RE (4)
Hadham Reduced ware 1 HAD RE1 (6)
Hadham (Burnished) Reduced ware 2 HAD RE2 (4)
Highgate Wood C Reduced ware HGW REC (3)
Holme-on-Spalding Moor Reduced ware HSM RE (3)
Horningsea Reduced ware HOR RE (5)
Malvernian Group A Reduced ware MAL REA (4)
South Devon (Micaceous) Reduced ware SOD RE (5)
South Wales Reduced ware SWA RE (3)
Wattisfield Reduced ware WAT RE (3)
BLACK-BURNISHED WARE
Black-burnished 1
Rossington Bridge Black-burnished ware 1 ROS BB1 (3)
(South-East) Dorset Black-burnished ware 1 DOR BB1 (6)
South-West Black-burnished ware 1 SOW BB1 (9)
Black-burnished 2
Cliffe Black-burnished ware 2 CLI BB2 (5)
Colchester Black-burnished ware 2 COL BB2 (8)
Cooling Black-burnished ware 2 COO BB2 (4)
Mucking Black-burnished ware 2 MUC BB2 (6)
GROG-TEMPERED WARES
Romano-British
Hampshire Grog-tempered ware HAM GT (2)
Patchgrove Grog-tempered ware PAT GT (3)
Pink Grog-tempered ware PNK GT (3)
Savernake Grog-tempered ware SAV GT (7)
Southern British (`Belgic´) Grog-tempered ware SOB GT (7)
CALCITE-GRITTED WARES
Romano-British
Huntcliff Calcite-gritted ware HUN CG (2)
SHELLY WARES
Romano-British
Bourne-Greetham Shelly ware BOG SH (3)
Dales Shelly ware DAL SH (2)
Harrold Shelly ware HAR SH (8)
(Late) Romano-British Shelly ware ROB SH (2)
AMPHORAE
Imported
Asia Minor (Micaceous) amphorae ASM AM (4)
Baetican (Early) amphorae 1 BAT AM1 (7)
Baetican (Late) amphorae 2 BAT AM2 (3)
Baetican (Green) amphorae 3 BAT AM3 (1)
Cadiz amphorae CAD AM (3)
Campanian (Black sand) amphorae 1 CAM AM1 (4)
(Northern) Campanian amphorae 2 CAM AM2 (3)
Catalan amphorae CAT AM (2)
Fishbourne 148.3 amphorae FIS AM148 (3)
Gaulish amphorae 1 GAL AM1 (8)
Gaulish amphorae 2 GAL AM2 (5)
(Other) Gaulish amphorae GAL AM (5)
Gazan amphorae GAZ AM (3)
Italian amphorae 1 ITA AM1 (2)
?Italian (Feldspathic) amphorae 2 ITA AM2 (3)
Liparian amphorae LIP AM (3)
Normandy amphorae NOM AM (1)
North African (Lime-rich) amphorae 1 NAF AM1 (3)
North African (Lime-poor) amphorae 2 NAF AM2 (3)
Palestinian amphorae PAL AM (4)
Peacock & Williams Class 7 amphorae P&W AM7 (1)
Peacock & Williams Class 9 amphorae P&W AM9 (2)
Peacock & Williams Class 12 amphorae P&W AM12 (6)
Peacock & Williams Class 16 amphorae P&W AM16 (1)
Peacock & Williams Class 44 amphorae P&W AM44 (3)
Peacock & Williams Class 47 amphorae P&W AM47 (2)
Peacock & Williams Class 50 amphorae P&W AM50 (1)
Peacock & Williams No 66 amphorae P&W AM66 (1)
Rhodian (Pink) amphorae 1 RHO AM1 (1)
Rhodian (Yellow) amphorae 2 RHO AM2 (2)