CONTENTS
1.1 London Roman pottery fabric codes
1.2 London Roman pottery form codes
1.3 London Roman pottery decoration codes
1.4 Roman pottery bibliography (including abbreviations/short titles)
Last updated May 2018
1.1 London Roman pottery fabric codes
Fabric code / Expansion / Earliest date AD (approx) / Latest date AD (approx)AHBB / Alice Holt black-burnished ware / 120 / 400
AHFA / Alice Holt/Farnham ware / 250 / 400
AHSU / Alice Holt/Surrey ware / 50 / 160
AMPBS / amphora with black sand inclusions / 50 / 400
AMPH / unsourced amphora fabric / 50 / 400
AMPH1 / amphora with fabric description in comments / 50 / 400
AMPH2 / amphora with fabric description in comments / 50 / 400
AMPH3 / amphora with fabric description in comments / 50 / 400
AMPH4 / amphora with fabric description in comments / 50 / 400
AMPH5 / amphora with fabric description in comments / 50 / 400
AMPH6 / amphora with fabric description in comments / 50 / 400
AMPH7 / amphora with fabric description in comments / 50 / 400
AOWW / Aoste white ware / 50 / 100
ARGO / Argonne samian ware / 250 / 400
BAET / Baetican Dressel 20 amphora fabric / 50 / 300
BAET3 / Baetican Dressel 28 fabric / 50 / 150
BAETE / Baetican early Dressel 20/Haltern 70 fabric / 50 / 170
BAETL / Baetican late Dressel 20 fabric / 170 / 300
BB1 / black-burnished ware 1 / 120 / 400
BB2 / black-burnished ware 2 / 120 / 250
BB2F / black-burnished ware 2 (fine fabric) / 140 / 250
BB2FX / black-burnished ware 2 (early fine fabric) / 120 / 250
BB2N / Northgate House black-burnished ware 2 / 120 / 200
BBS / black-burnished-style ware / 120 / 400
BHAD / Much Hadham reduced ware / 200 / 400
BHWS / Brockley Hill white-slipped ware / 50 / 160
BII / British Bii amphora fabric (P&W class 44) / 400 / 650
BIV / Roman Biv amphora fabric (P&W class 45) / 70 / 400
BLEG / black eggshell ware / 45 / 75
BRAMD / Braives mica-dusted ware / 50 / 150
C176 / Camulodunum 176 amphora fabric / 50 / 150
C185 / Camulodunum 185 amphora fabric / 50 / 100
C189 / Camulodunum 189 amphora fabric / 50 / 150
CADIZ / Camulodunum 186 amphora fabric / 50 / 140
CADIZ1 / Camulodunum 186 amphora fabric variant 1 / 50 / 140
CADIZ2 / Camulodunum 186 amphora fabric variant 2 / 50 / 140
CAER / Caerleon oxidised fabric / 50 / 400
CALC / Roman late 'calcite-tempered' ware / 300 / 400
CAMP / Campanian amphora fabric / 50 / 400
CAMP1 / Campanian black sand amphora fabric / 50 / 100
CAMP2 / Campanian volcanic amphora fabric / 50 / 150
CAT / Catalan Dressel 2–4 amphora fabric / 50 / 150
CC / unsourced colour-coated ware / 50 / 400
CCGW / Copthall Close grey ware / 70 / 150
CCIMP / unsourced imported colour-coated ware / 50 / 400
CCRB / unsourced colour-coated ware / 50 / 400
CGBL / central Gaulish/Lezoux black colour-coated ware / 150 / 250
CGBLE / central Gaulish/Lezoux early black colour-coated ware / 70 / 150
CGGW / central Gaulish glazed ware / 50 / 100
CGOF / central Gaulish colour-coated ware (other fabric) / 50 / 130
CGWH / central Gaulish colour-coated ware (white fabric) / 50 / 130
CHALK / Chalk 6 amphora fabric (P&W 50) / 250 / 400
COAR / unsourced coarse ware / 40 / 400
COLCC / Colchester colour-coated ware / 50 / 250
COLEC / Colchester early colour-coated ware / 50 / 100
COLWW / Colchester white ware / 50 / 250
CRET / Cretan Dressel 43 amphora fabric / 50 / 100
DR28 / Dressel 28 amphora fabric / 50 / 200
ECCC / Eccles colour-coated ware / 50 / 70
ECCW / Eccles ware / 50 / 100
EGAL / east Gaulish lamp fabric / 100 / 250
EGGS / unsourced eggshell ware / 50 / 400
EGIMP / unsourced imported eggshell ware / 50 / 100
EIFL / Eifelkeramik / 200 / 400
EPON / céramique à l'éponge marbled ware / 200 / 400
ERGS / early Roman sandy ware with grog/iron oxides / 50 / 70
ERMS / early Roman micaceous sandy ware / 50 / 100
EROX / early Roman oxidised ware / 50 / 100
ERSA / early Roman sandy ware A / 50 / 70
ERSA/B / early Roman sandy ware A/B / 50 / 120
ERSB / early Roman sandy ware B / 50 / 120
ERSI / early Roman sandy/iron-rich ware / 50 / 70
ERSS / early Roman sandy ware with shell / 50 / 120
F148 / Fishbourne 148.3 amphora fabric / 50 / 120
FINE / unsourced fine reduced ware / 50 / 400
FISHC / Fishbourne group C ware / 65 / 100
FLIN / unsourced flint-tempered ware / 50 / 200
FMIC / fine micaceous reduced ware / 50 / 120
FSOW / Fenchurch Street oxidised ware / 50 / 70
G238 / Gillam 238 (and allied types) mortarium fabric / 60 / 160
GAUL / unclassified Gaulish amphora fabrics / 50 / 250
GAUL1 / Pélichet 47/Dressel 30 amphora fabric / 50 / 250
GAUL2 / London 555/Haltern 70– similis amphora fabric / 50 / 120
GAUL3 / Gaulish Dressel 2–4 amphora fabric / 50 / 150
GAUL4 / Pélichet 47/Dressel 30 amphora fabric variant (highly micaceous) / 50 / 250
GAZA / Gaza amphora fabric (P&W 49) / 400 / 500
GBWW / Gallo-Belgic white ware / 40 / 70
GECW / grey eggshell cream ware / 40 / 100
GLAUC / glauconite-tempered (greensand) ware / 40 / 50
GLAZ / unsourced Roman glazed ware / 50 / 200
GLWW / Gloucester white ware / 70 / 100
GREG / grey eggshell ware / 50 / 70
GROG / unsourced grog-tempered ware / 40 / 400
GROGSH / unsourced grog and shell-tempered ware / 40 / 400
HOFA / hollow foot amphora fabric / 180 / 400
HOO / Hoo Island white-slipped ware / 50 / 100
HWB / Highgate Wood ware B / 40 / 100
HWB VAR / Highate Wood ware B variant / 40 / 100
HWB/C / Highgate Wood ware B/C / 65 / 85
HWBR / Highgate Wood red-slipped ware B / 40 / 100
HWC / Highgate Wood ware C / 70 / 160
HWC+ / Highgate Wood ware C with added coarse sand / 120 / 160
ICEN / Icenian rusticated ware / 180 / 300
IMPT / unsourced (?)imported fabrics / 50 / 400
ITCAL / Italian (?Campanian) calcareous Dressel 21–2 amphora fabric / 50 / 100
ITFEL / Italian feldspathic Dressel 2–4 amphora fabric / 50 / 150
ITMO / Italian mortarium fabric / 50 / 100
KOAN / Koan-style/Dressel 2–4 amphora fabric / 50 / 100
KOLN / Cologne colour-coated ware / 100 / 140
L555 / London 555 amphora fabric / 50 / 120
LCWS / local coarse white-slipped ware / 100 / 250
LIPR / Lipari Richborough 527 amphora fabric / 50 / 150
LOEG / local eggshell ware / 70 / 120
LOMA / local marbled ware / 70 / 120
LOMI / London mica-dusted ware / 70 / 140
LOMIF / London mica-dusted ware (fine variant) / 70 / 120
LONW / London ware / 70 / 120
LOXI / London oxidised ware / 90 / 160
LOXIF / London oxidised ware (fine variant) / 90 / 160
LRMA / Roman late marbled ware / 200 / 400
LRRA / Roman late rilled amphora fabric / 200 / 400
LYON / Lyons colour-coated ware / 50 / 70
MARB / unsourced Roman marbled ware / 50 / 400
MAYEN / Mayen ware / 200 / 400
MHAD / Much Hadham oxidised ware / 200 / 400
MHWW / Mancetter-Hartshill white ware / 200 / 400
MICA / unidentified mica-dusted ware / 50 / 400
MISC / unidentified Roman fabric / 50 / 400
MLEZ / micaceous Lezoux samian ware / 50 / 100
MORT / unsourced mortarium fabric / 50 / 400
MOSL / Moselkeramik / 200 / 275
NACA / North African cylindrical amphora fabric / 200 / 400
NAFR / North African amphora fabric / 140 / 400
NAFR1 / North African lime-rich amphora fabric / 140 / 200
NAFR2 / North African lime-poor amphora fabric / 200 / 400
NARS / North African red-slipped ware / 70 / 400
NFCC / New Forest colour-coated ware / 250 / 400
NFSE / north French/south-east English oxidised ware / 50 / 160
NFWW / New Forest white ware / 200 / 400
NGGW / north Gaulish grey ware / 50 / 300
NGOX / north Gaulish oxidised ware / 180 / 250
NGWH / north Gaulish white ware / 50 / 300
NKGW / north Kent grey ware / 100 / 150
NKILN / Northgate House ware, unclassified / 50 / 200
NKSH / north Kent shell-tempered ware / 50 / 150
NKWS / north Kent white-slipped ware / 100 / 200
NORM / Gauloise 12 amphora fabric / 150 / 300
NVCC / Nene valley colour-coated ware / 150 / 400
NVCCP / Nene valley colour-coated ware (pink fabric) / 150 / 400
NVCCW / Nene valley colour-coated ware (white fabric) / 150 / 400
NVPA / Nene valley parchment-type white ware / 150 / 400
NVWW / Nene valley white ware / 150 / 400
OXCC / Oxfordshire colour-coated ware / 240 / 400
OXID / unsourced oxidised ware / 50 / 400
OXID1 / unsourced oxidised ware with description in comments / 50 / 400
OXID2 / unsourced oxidised ware with description in comments / 50 / 400
OXIDF / unsourced fine oxidised fabric / 50 / 400
OXMOB / Oxfordshire burnt white ware / 240 / 400
OXPA / Oxfordshire parchment ware / 240 / 400
OXRC / Oxfordshire red/brown colour-coated ware / 270 / 400
OXWC / Oxfordshire white colour-coated ware / 240 / 400
OXWS / Oxfordshire white-slipped red ware / 240 / 400
OXWW / Oxfordshire white ware / 180 / 400
PALS / Palestinian amphora fabric / 400 / 500
PATCH / Patchgrove grog-tempered ware / 50 / 200
PE47 / Pélichet 47/Dressel 30 amphora fabric / 50 / 100
PKG / pink-grogged ware / 50 / 400
PORD / Portchester ware D / 350 / 400
PRW / Pompeian red ware / 50 / 150
PRW1 / Pompeian red ware 1 / 50 / 100
PRW2 / Pompeian red ware 2 / 50 / 100
PRW3 / Pompeian red ware 3 / 50 / 150
R527 / Richborough 527 amphora fabric / 50 / 150
RBGL / Romano-British glazed ware / 70 / 200
RBMA / Romano-British marbled ware / 70 / 200
RDBK / ring-and-dot beaker fabric / 50 / 100
RGGW / Rhineland granular grey ware / 50 / 80
RHMO / Rhineland mortarium fabrics (other than Soller) / 50 / 300
RHOD / Rhodian amphora fabrics / 50 / 150
RHOD1 / Rhodian-style (P&W 9) amphora (pink) fabric / 50 / 150
RHOD2 / Rhodian-style (P&W 9) amphora (yellow) fabric / 50 / 150
RHOD3 / Rhodian-style (P&W 9) amphora (variant) fabric / 50 / 150
RHWW / Rhineland white ware (other than Soller) / 50 / 300
RVMO / Rhône valley mortarium fabric / 50 / 120
RVOX / Rhône valley oxidised ware / 50 / 120
RWS / unsourced white-slipped ware / 50 / 300
SAM / unsourced Gaulish samian / 50 / 250
SAMCG / central Gaulish samian / 120 / 250
SAMCL / Colchester samian / 155 / 180
SAMEG / east Gaulish samian / 150 / 300
SAMLA / Lavoye samian / 120 / 200
SAMLG / La Graufesenque samian / 50 / 100
SAMLM / La Madeleine samian / 105 / 180
SAMLZ / Lezoux samian / 120 / 250
SAMMRB / La Graufesenque samian, marbled version / 50 / 100
SAMMT / Montans samian / 50 / 100
SAMMV / Les Martres-de-Veyre samian / 100 / 125
SAMMV1 / Les Martres-de-Veyre samian fabric 1 (inclusionless) / 100 / 125
SAMMV2 / Les Martres-de-Veyre samian fabric 2 (limestone-rich) / 100 / 125
SAMRZ / Rheinzabern samian / 130 / 235
SAMSG / South Gaulish samian (other than La Graufesenque) / 50 / 100
SAMTR / Trier samian (Trier I and Trier II) / 125 / 300
SAND / unsourced sand-tempered ware / 50 / 400
SAND1 / unsourced sand-tempered fabric (description in comments) / 50 / 400
SANDSH / sandy ware with sparse shell / 40 / 400
SEAL / amphora seal fabric / 50 / 300
SESH / south Essex shell-tempered ware / 50 / 150
SGCC / south Gaulish colour-coated ware / 50 / 70
SHEL / unsourced shell-tempered ware / 40 / 400
SIEVE / unidentified sherds collected from sieved sample / 50 / 400
SLOW / Sugar Loaf Court ware / 50 / 80
SLOWF / Sugar Loaf Court ware, fine variant / 50 / 80
SLOWR / Sugar Loaf Court ware, reduced / 50 / 80
SLOWWS / Sugar Loaf Court ware, white-slipped / 50 / 80
SOLL / Soller-type mortarium fabric / 150 / 200
SPAN / Spanish colour-coated ware / 50 / 70
SPEC / Speicher ware / 200 / 400
SUG / Sussex grog-tempered ware / 50 / 250
SWRW / south Wales reduced ware / 70 / 400
TN / terra nigra / 40 / 80
TNIM / terra nigra imitation fabric / 40 / 100
TNMIC / terra nigra micaceous fabric / 50 / 100
TNWF / terra nigra white fabric / 40 / 80
TR / terra rubra / 40 / 60
TRIM / terra rubra imitation fabric / 40 / 60
TRIP / Tripolitanian fabric / 50 / 400
TSK / Thameside Kent ware / 180 / 300
VCWS / Verulamium/London region coarse white-slipped ware / 70 / 200
VEGE / Roman early vegetable/chaff-tempered ware / 50 / 100
VRG / Verulamium region grey ware / 50 / 200
VRMA / Verulamium/London region marbled ware / 50 / 160
VRMI / Verulamium/London region mica-dusted ware / 70 / 120
VRMIF / Verulamium/London region mica-dusted ware (fine variant) / 50 / 120
VRR / Verulamium region red ware / 50 / 160
VRW / Verulamium/London region white ware / 50 / 160
VRWL / Verulamium/London white ware (late) / 160 / 200
WIGWW / Wiggonholt white ware / 50 / 400
WSEL / West Stow/Essex/London stamped ware / 70 / 120
XX / unidentified / 40 / 400
1.2 London Roman pottery form codes
Form code / Expansion / Earliest date AD (approx) / Latest date AD (approx)1 / unclassified flagon / 50 / 400
1/2 / flagon/jar / 40 / 400
1A / collared (Hofheim-type) flagon (M&T, fig 232 nos IA1–3) / 50 / 100
1A4 / collared flagon with pronounced rounded lip and small angular base or cordon above the neck / 50 / 80
1B / ring-necked flagon / 50 / 200
1B1 / ring-necked flagon with wide mouth (M&T, fig 232 no. IB1) / 50 / 100
1B10 / ring-necked flagon with shallow cupped mouth (M&T, fig 232 no. IB10) / 140 / 250
1B2 / ring-necked flagon with flared mouth (M&T, fig 232 no. IB2) / 70 / 120
1B3 / ring-necked flagon with vertical neck (M&T, fig 232 no. IB3) / 70 / 100
1B4 / ring-necked flagon with prominent rim (M&T, fig 232 no. IB4) / 100 / 150
1B5 / ring-necked flagon with prominent rounded rim (M&T, fig 232 no. IB5) / 120 / 140
1B6 / ring-necked flagon with short slightly flared neck (M&T, fig 232 no. IB6) / 120 / 140