Internet Archaeol 9. Hunter-Mann. Pot forms 3

Nene Valley colour-coated wares provide important dating information for 3rd century and later sites. The forms comprising the assemblage from Brough are detailed in Table 13.

Form	Sherds	%	Weight	%
Beaker	655	79.78	4150	71.03
Bowl	9	1.10	186	3.18
Bowl/dish	1	0.12	6	0.10
Box	30	3.65	272	4.66
Box lid	34	4.14	260	4.45
Cup	1	0.12	11	0.19
Flask	83	10.11	810	13.86
Closed	1	0.12	134	2.29
Untyped	7	0.85	14	0.24
Total	821		5843

Table 13: Forms of Nene Valley colour-coated wares [brnvcc]

This shows a typical 3rd century assemblage, dominated by beakers, with few bowls or dishes. The only identifiable bowls are of the type copying the samian Dr 36 form, such as no.19 from Period 5 (another from Period 9, and a footring), and a fragment possibly as RPNV 80 from Period 6. The main evidence lies in the beakers, Table 14.

Type	Code	Sherds	% identified	Weight	% identified
Rough-cast	BKRC	3	0.73	17	0.79
Hunt cup	BKHC	2	0.49	12	0.56
Barbotine	BKBARB	82	20.00	347	16.14
Cornice-rim	BKCOR	37	9.02	201	9.35
Rouletted	BKROU	29	7.07	111	5.16
Bag-shaped (later fabric)	BKBAG	6	1.46	41	1.91
Curved-rim	BKCR	2	0.49	5	0.23
Folded curved rim	BKFOC	7	1.71	43	2.00
Plain-rimmed	BKPR	55	13.41	318	14.79
Folded	BKFO	77	18.78	454	21.12
Folded scaled	BKFOS	44	10.73	236	10.98
Funnel beaded	BKFB	11	2.68	35	1.63
Funnel grooved	BKFG	1	0.24	6	0.28
Funnel-neck	BKFN	21	5.12	100	4.65
Folded funnel-neck	BKFOF	16	3.90	123	5.72
Folded scaled funnel-neck	BKFOSF	10	2.44	74	3.44
RPNV59	BKNV59?	1	0.24	2	0.09
Painted	BKPA	1	0.24	5	0.23
Pentice-moulded	BKPM	4	0.98	18	0.84
Slit-folded	BKSF	1	0.24	2	0.09
Sub-total:		410	100.00	2150	100.00
Beaker	BK	245		2000
Total		655		4150

Table 14: Beaker types

The codes in italics indicate records of body sherds/bases only. Detailed analysis of the beakers, taking into account the presence of earlier and later fabric types, has allowed some of these generalised categories which span wide periods to be split broadly between earlier and later 3rd century. All the sherds have been analysed on the basis of conventional dating (Fig.57).

This indicates a fairly even spread, with the emphasis marginally on the earlier part of the 3rd century, and appears to be consistent with the evidence of the other NVCC vessels. If the date is assessed solely on the basis of identified rim forms, cornice, curved rim, plain rim and funnel-necked, given the spread of the cornice and plain rimmed types, a similar dating profile appears. The beakers of later type, as BKNV59 [Table 14], the pentice-moulded type BKPM and the slit-folded BKSF, all came from later deposits (Period 6/1, Groups 12.6 and 12.7) or plough-soil. The few fragments of bowls (the only type identified was the copy of samian form 36) were from similar deposits, the earliest being no. 19 from Period 5/1, Group 11.2. There were no flanged bowls or plain rimmed dishes.

4.7.2 Nene Valley colour-coated wares