Sarre Grave 181
CLXXXI. Probably a Roman interment. Remains of a mortuary urn were found on the floor of the grave, with fragments of other Roman pottery. In the centre of the floor was a large piece of unbaked clay, and near it the bones of sheep and the jaw of a dog or wolf; the soil about it was pulverized and black from the action of fire.
History
Grave title
GraveDate excavated
between September and December 1863Reference
Brent 1866Page number
184-5Sonia Hawkes description
Proabably a Roman interment.Fragments of mortuary urn and other Roman pottery. In centre was large piece of unbaked clay, anmd bones of sheep and jaw of dog or wolf. Soil pulverised and blackened by fire.Links to objects
- https://figshare.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Animal_bones/16883833
- https://figshare.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Ceramic_sherds_of_a_Roman_cremation_vessel/16883824
- https://figshare.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/_Large_piece_of_unbaked_clay_/16883830
- https://figshare.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Ceramic_sherds_of_further_Roman_vessels/16883827
