South Shields vicus, pipeclay statuette

HER Number:
921

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields vicus, pipeclay statuette

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Religion or Ritual

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Figurine

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Two fragments from the pipeclay base of a statuette were found in 1973 in the vicus west of the Roman fort. The base, which measures 39 mm high x 50 mm wide x 3 mm thick, is "in the shape of a hollow truncated pyramid". Its face is inscribed in cursive script: SERVAN DVS C(oloniae) C(laudiae) A(rae) A(grippinensis) FECIT.

Easting:
363

Northing:
678

Grid Reference:
NZ363678

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 921 >> R.P. Wright & M.W.C. Hassall, 1974, Roman Britain in 1973, Britannia, 5, p. 464 L. Allason-Jones & R. Miket, 1984, The Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Monograph, No. 9.65