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Roman samian bowl, decorated
Panel decoration, demarcated by wavy lines terminating in rosettes. (1) Column of arcading ornamented with spiral fluting. In arcade, remains of a pillar. (2) Victory with palm and wreath (D.481) Underneath the victory a "grass-tuft", a common late Flavian motif which does not occur at Pompeii. (3) Cruciform ornament. (4) Satyr to L. (cf.D.253 and 352) striding over blades of grass ; a pendent three bladed plant, in front. (5) Diana and the small hind (D.63). (6) In arcade, a Silenus (D.323). Fair glaze ; rather coarse workmanship.
Dr 37 is a hemispherical decorated bowl
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
25.212/11.
Find Information
Site Name: Brecon Gaer, Powys
Grid Reference: SO 02 NW
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1924-1925
Notes: From site of new farmhouse, north of the fort.
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