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ROMAN POTTERY FOUND IN BRITAIN. 
4. Neck and part of Handle of Pitcher, with pinched-in rim 
to form a narrow projecting spout with triangular profile. 
Neck cylindrical with three girth-grooves. Handle sharply 
bent, rising above the rim to descend vertically to the 
shoulder. 
5. Large Narrow-necked Olla, with two eye-lets partly counter¬ 
sunk into the shoulder, intended for a cord or wire hooks 
(f in. opening). 
Coarse, hard, dark-grey to black fumed clay. 
Outcurved rim, elliptical body, underbase domed inwards. Ornaments: 
A scored line forming loops on the shoulder, above the eyelets ; two zones 
bordered by girth-grooves round the body, the upper zone scored across by 
vertical lines in groups of three, and the lower zone by oblique lines at regular 
intervals. 
Height 12 ^ ins., diam. of rim 54 ins., bulge 94 ins., base 44 ins. 
Proportions, 41 : 76 : 38. 
The form, eyelets on the shoulder, decoration and technique, 
are all alike of Late Celtic origin. 
6. Large Two-handled Narrow-necked Olla, with wide, flat, 
square-edged rim, ovoid body and beaded foot. 
Soft red-clay, very light in weight. 
Height 114 ins., diams. of body 54 ins., bulge 84 ins., base 3! ins. 
Proportions, 41 : 72 : 31. 
A parellel is figured in C. R. Smith’s Cat. of Roman Antiquities, 
plate V., No. 4, but its proportions do not correspond with the 
dimensions stated in the text, p. 16, No. 43, describing it. 
Plate XXI. a. 
7. Large ovoid Two-handled Olla, ornamented on the shoulder 
with two frilled cordons, one above and the other between 
the handles. Beaded foot, thick horizontal rim, rounded 
above and flat beneath. 
Light dirty-grey clay. 
Height n /yins., diams. of rim in., bulge 74 ins., base 44 ins. 
Proportions, 46 : 68 : 36. 
The form somewhat resembles that of the so-called honey pots. 
Plate XXI. a , b, c. 
Olla. The very common fumed-grey to black utensils, which 
for convenience are termed olla!, since cooking pots, cinerar) 7 urns, 
beakers, and all others of like form are included, have their shape 
and proportions determined by convenience and necessity and not 
by convention, The)^ require a wide mouth to receive joints, 
