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Roman samian dish
Dish of shallow concave shape with a rounded flange-like rim, on which is a leafy pattern skillfully laid in slip of the same material as the body.
Samian dish found in London. 70-200 CE. The Romans imported this glossy red slipware from Gaul (France).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
02.79
Find Information
Site Name: London, England
Collection Method: Excavation
Date: 1901
Acquisition
purchase, 1902
Measurements
diameter
(mm): 230
Height
(mm): 40
Weight
(g): 483.7
Material
Samian
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