Pandon, amphora

HER Number

6620

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Pandon, amphora

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Amphora

General Period

ROMAN

Specific Period

Roman 43 to 410

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Amphora shaped vessel, 15.5 inches high, 2.75 inches wide at mouth, 4.75 inches at base, belly about 11 inches in diameter. Round the shoulder is a zig-zag patten in "slip" enclosed by lines. The jar probably came from some Mediterranean Port. Found amongst timber in the roof of an old house at Pandon recently pulled down.

Easting

425400

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ425400564000

Sources

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, VI (1895), p 222