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Roman stone funerary finial
Ovoid finial on a squared base.
Ovoid Finial. Originally from a funerary monument.
Ovoids of this type often bear an incised criss-cross or spiral marking suggestive of the scales of a pine-cone, and are generally held to be associated with burial or cremation. One reason for this is because the pine-cone came from an evergreen tree and so linked with immortality.
Terfyniad Hirgrwn. O gofeb angladdol yn wreiddiol.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
56.214A/18.1
Find Information
Site Name: Bear House Field II, Caerleon
Date: 1962
Notes: found in 1962 when the site was levelled, but added to 56.214A. From the Civil Settlement.
Acquisition
collected officially, 5/7/1956
Material
Bath stone
Location
Caerleon: Inscriptions (open display)
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Classification
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