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Roman samian dish
Dish with curved walls and overhanging rim. Rim decorated with an applied trailed leaves pattern
Samian dish found at Segontium, Caernarfon. 70-110 CE.
The Romans mass-produced pottery and transported it across their empire. Most of the pottery used in Wales was produced locally but the Romans imported this glossy red slipware from Gaul, now France.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
23.292 [062.1]
Find Information
Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon
Collection Method: chance find
Notes: Lib. Coll. (Chas. Jones) (33)
Measurements
diameter / mm:170
height / mm:40
weight / g:245.6
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