Drawings Roman pottery from London
Object number
LDSAL2020.15.166
Artist/Designer/Maker
Kempe, Alfred John - Artist
Production date
1831
1832
1832
Material
paper
pen
ink
Wash
pen
ink
Wash
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 200mm
Width: 322mm
Width: 322mm
Inscriptions
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One of several Roman Mortars found at St. Michael's Crooked Lane
Light coloured earthen ware very hard and compact.
Light coloured earthen ware very hard and compact.
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Pestle also earthen ware 'Pishilli's frumentum conterito. Columella
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Diameter of the Mortar 14 Inches
Thickness ½ an inch
Potters mark on one of the Mortars
Thickness ½ an inch
Potters mark on one of the Mortars
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These vesels were most probably used for the [illegible] of Corn.
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A.J.K.
References
Reference (free text)
Alfred John Kempe, 'An Account of Various Roman Antiquities Discovered on the Site of the Church of St Michael, Crooked Lane, and in Eastcheap, in Forming the Northern Approaches of the New London Bridge', Archaeologia 24 (1832): 190-202.
Illustrations, figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, pl. XLIV, between pp. 202 and 203.