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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Samian bowl sherd, form Dr 37. A Southern Gaulish sherd from a slightly worn mould and a good rather orange gloss. The ovolo has a trident tongue. Below is a zonal decoration. The upper zone has a grass spray in the top left, flanked by a composite leaf. To the right there is a running dog (Oswald 1925), with a chordate leaf suspended from a tendril from the upper border above. Below the dog there is a set of stylised grass tufts. The lower zone consists of triple bordered plain festoons containing birds (similar to O2245 and 2291). The festoons are suspended from a bar and separated by a pendant motif. In the style of the potter Vitalis. circa AD 75-95
Dr 37 is a hemispherical decorated bowl
Site Name: Bear House Field, Caerleon
Notes: Area A1: context 9
