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Roman samian bowl
Samian bowl sherd, form Dr37. A deep orange sherd with a good orange/red slip. Clean moulding with a latticed column on the left, then cupid to the right, over acanthus and 7-beaded rosette. Basal line could be beaded. The cupid could be O.407 but may be a small nude man or a wingless variant.
Dr 37 is a hemispherical decorated bowl
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
56.214A/22.71
Find Information
Site Name: Bear House Field II, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1955 / Aug - Sep
Notes: Field adjoins the south-west side of the legionary fortress : 'A' material is from Courtyard House (Civil Settlement). Context: at 108: in mixed loam and occupation next above nautical clay. Pre-stone.
Acquisition
collected officially, 5/7/1956
Material
Samian
Location
In store
Categories
Dr 37Classification
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