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Rebuilt Jug, Birrens

Period:
Roman Period
Description:

Large ceramic jug. Reconstructed using grey coloured cement. Has spherical body and a short wide neck. Nipped in at the rim to create a pouring spout. Small flat base. Applied handle from body to rim has simple ridge decoration. Sherds have a coarse orange matrix and one fragment has a diamond cross-hatch detail.

 

Romans are recorded as preferring wine, thinking north European beer too weak and inferior. However, there is a record of a retired legionary from Germany setting up his own business to supply beer to local army garrisons.

 

Dimensions:
height: 245 mm diameter (body): 155 mm diameter (base): 75 mm
Source:
Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
Accession number:
DUMFM:1936.247
Digital Number:
RPD0210
RCAHMS site record:
Birrens Roman Fort
References:
CHRISTISON et al "Account of the Excavation of Birrens, A Roman Station in Annandale, undertaken by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1895". PSAS, Third Series, Volume 6, 1896, pp 81 = 199.