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Roman samian bowl, decorated
Ovolo with bifid tongue terminal. Zonal decoration : (1) Festoons with cable-like bordering containing vine-sprays. They have junctions formed by astragali, and foliated pendants. (2) Repeated circular ornaments, probably intended to represent a foliage spiral. Seven-rayed rosettes in the field. Design closed by a basal ridge. Good brownish-red glaze.
Dr 37 is a hemispherical decorated bowl
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
25.212/11.
Find Information
Site Name: Brecon Gaer, Powys
Grid Reference: SO 02 NW
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1924-1925
Notes: Found on floor of west guardroom of south gateway.
Acquisition
donation, 18/10/1923
Material
Samian
Location
In store
Classification
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