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Roman samian bowl, decorated
Everted and rouletted rim. Upper frieze : Panel decoration, demarcated laterally by wavy lines terminating in upper and lower rosettes. (1) Two crouching dogs, one above the other, facing (2) two sitting hares, similarly situated. Exact facsimiles of these dogs and hares are depicted on form 29, at Kreuznach, by the Nero-Vespasian potter PASSENVS (K.1919,Text-Fig.40). (3) In adjoining panel, oblique wavy lines and arrowheads. (4) Central plain moulding, bordered above and below by bead-rows. (5) Lower frieze : (a) An auxillary frieze of repeated S ornaments occupies the site of the vessel's carination. Below the decoration, two shallow, broad, circular flutings. Footstand with circular grooving or countersunk moulding.
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Site Name: Brecon Gaer, Powys
Notes: From the site of the new farmhouse, north of the fort.