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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
A sherd of a Lezoux ware samian bowl of form Dr31. The neat stamp reads: MEDDICNVS. This is the stamp of the potter Meddignus of Lezoux. Note the use of Ds with a line through them. These barred Ds are more properly known as Tau Gallicum and are an attempt to capture a sound in the Gaulish language not thought to be properly represented in the Latin alphabet. The sound is believed to have been like a 'dz' or 'ts'. Likely to date from AD 140- 200 (Trajanic).
Dr 31 is a bowl
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: Building VIIB, on the site of the early occupation. At (115): in occupation next below humus. Stone Phase. Parade Ground.
