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beaker; poppyhead beaker

Accession number: 3086
Production date: Roman
Material: ceramic
Measurements: H 96 mm; DM 80 mm
Museum Section: Roman
Summary: Reduced urban ware poppyhead beaker with barbotine panel decoration and section of rim missing.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)

Related publications

Tyers, Paul A., The poppy-head beakers of Britain and their relationship to the barbotine decorated vessels of the Rhineland and Switzerland [Early Fine Wares in Roman Britain] Editor; Arthur, P.; Marsh, Geoff D. British Archaeological Reports British Series 57 Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, (1978). Pages: 61-108ISSN ISBN 0860540413 (Object details: fig 4.4 no 36, published)