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Roman samian spindle whorl
Made from a samian sherd and bears a leaf in the style of Doeccus or Cinnamus.
Dr 30 is an approximately cylindrical decorated bowl (vase)
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
54.389A/18.1
Find Information
Site Name: Bear House Field, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954
Notes: field adjoins the south-west side of the legionary fortress : 'A' material is from the culvert. From the Civil Settlement.
Acquisition
Collected officially, 12/10/1954
Measurements
diameter / mm:32
thickness / mm:6
diameter / mm:4 [of hole]
weight / g:
Material
samian
Location
Caerleon: Case 15 Health and Leisure
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