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Roman samian bowl, decorated
Two fragments consisting of the base and wall of the same vessel. (For the second fragment, see S112) A winding scroll (with double line), the concavity of which is intersected horizontally and vertically by rows of astragali. In the field a "conventionalised dolphin", a motif which sometimes occurs as an ovolo border (cf.O. & P., xxix, 4 and S 94). Seven-beaded rosettes in the field. Porous paste and lustre-less brick-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
Acquisition
Donation, 18/10/1923
Measurements
Material
samian
Location
In store
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