A selection of Roman pottery from Cambourne

A selection of Roman pottery from the site

1-2 Small drinking vessels (cups)

The grey one (2) was probably made locally to the north of Peterborough while the red "samian" cup was imported from Gaul (France).

3-7 Kitchen vessels

5&6 were probably storage vessels for dry goods such as flour or pulses although 5 may also have been used over a fire as a saucepan. 3&7 were also cooking vessels. Vessels of this type may have been used together, the shallow dish (7) being inverted and used as a lid over the deeper bowl (3) as a casserole. (4) is of slightly higher quality and represents a medium-quality vessel between the range of coarse cooking/storage pots and the fine table-wares such as (1).