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A greatly restored samian bowl (form 30), made in a mould creating the relief decoration. There seem to have been compartments all round, with a figure in each. There is the stamp DIVI standing for Divixtus, a potter from Central Gaul. A.D. 160-190.
Samian is fine tableware imported into Britain on a vast scale during the first and second centuries A.D. By the second century, the central Gaulish factories took over as the main source of production.
Dr 30 is an approximately cylindrical decorated bowl (vase)
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.78/15.3
Find Information
Site Name: Castle Villa (Baths), Caerleon
Collection Method: surface find
Acquisition
Donation, 19/2/1931
Measurements
diameter / mm:127
height / mm:152
Material
samian
Location
Caerleon: Case 19 Samian
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