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This ceramic bowl was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was manufactured in south-eastern England between 80 and 180 AD.

Wide mouthed, grooved bowl of fine smooth black ware, from Newstead.

The Roman army obtained supplies from three zones: locally (either by the army or natives), within the Roman province of Britannia, or further afield in the Roman empire.

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• Online ID: 000-100-037-428-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 1400
• Date: Between 80 and 180 AD
  
• Material: Ceramic, black, fine and smooth; wide mouth; decorated
  Pottery / bowl
  
• Dimensions: 4.38" H x 6.25" D
  
• What: Pottery / bowl
  
• Subject:
• Who: Newstead Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
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• References:
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, Pl. L(A), fig. 1. 
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