The pots are from at least two Roman cargo ships, either wrecked or the cargoes jettisoned at sea in a storm. The pottery (Samian ware) was imported from Roman Gaul.

This iron-handled Roman cooking pot from the collection of the Hunterian Museum was selected by Louisa Hammersley, postgraduate student at the Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow.

The pots are from at least two Roman cargo ships, either wrecked or the cargoes jettisoned at sea in a storm. The pottery (Samian ware) was imported from Roman Gaul. These pots - caught by local ...

The archaeologists are unsure what the silver fragments used to be, but the ceramic pot's shape is consistent with third century A.D. Roman ceramic traditions. Related story: Roman coin trove ...