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Roman samian bowl
2 samian bowl sherds, form Dr37. S188 is a rim sherd with a beaded lip. The sherd is a pink fabric with a good orange/red slip. There is a lead rivet hole and a graffito 'N' carved clearly onto the top of the rim. S189 is a buff pink ware with matt orange/red slip. There is a narrow rim band, a rounded double-border ovolo with a very long tongue on the right tip. Below there is a ring, a tip of a leaf and the edge of a plain simple medallion.Hadrianic in date.
Dr 37 is a hemispherical decorated bowl
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Site Name: Bear House Field II, Caerleon
Notes: Field adjoins the south-west side of the legionary fortress : 'A' material is from Courtyard House (Civil Settlement). Context: at 65: in occupation layers above broken tile floor. Stone Phase.