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Dish (common ware)

Origin

Necropolis of Rorigo Velho, S. Martinho de Bougado, Trofa.

Material

Ceramic. Moderately compact fabric with homogeneous firing. Beige colour (L69). Non-plastic inclusions composed of quartz, mica, feldspar and medium-sized clay nodules. Smoothed surface with rough texture.

Description

Dish with straight walls of oblique development and inturned rim, faceted on the exterior. Introverted, thickened lip of rounded profile. Flat, slightly concave base, providing a lateral resting surface. Irregular thickness, with progressive thickening towards the centre. Decoration composed of a moulding of rounded profile on the upper face of the wall.

Classification and chronology

Type – Moreira 2010, Group IV, Form 4 / Second half of the 3rd century – 4th century

Dimensions

Maximum height: 32 mm; Maximum diameter: 102 mm; Base diameter: 71 mm; Capacity: 131,90 cm³ / 0,13 L.

Deposit

MMAP [ROV. 942]

Bibli.

MOREIRA 2007, 147; 2010, 252, est. XXII, n.º 4.