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Sherds from a large bowl (form 29), stamped OF.RVFINI, the stamp of the potter Rufinus. The bowl is substantially complete, with a footring scarcely worn and kiln-grit surviving inside the base. The upper zone is pannelled and the lower zone is divided into two sub-zones. The upper has narrow panels with lions to the left and right and internal vertical borders. The wide panels contain hares between and dogs over rows of heart-shaped leaves, enclosed in diagonal wavy lines. The lower has a band of palisades and one of the festoons, with birds alternately to right and left, and pendants which are similar to but smaller than the pallisades.