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Roman samian bowl
Three very small sherds. The upper zone of decoration has traces of a scroll with spurred leaves, while the lower contains large curved volutes with acorns rising from them. The beads bordering the central moulding are fairly large. Volutes with acorns are a very early motif, occurring mainly on Tiberian bowls. All these very early pieces have typically Tiberian upper-zone scrolls, whereas our bowl clearly had a design of later type.
bowl
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.10H
Find Information
Site Name: Usk Detention Centre, Usk
Grid Reference: SO 3801 0057
Collection Method: excavation
Acquisition
Donation, 2/3/1982
Measurements
Material
samian
Location
In store
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