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Roman samian bowl, decorated
Blurred ovolo with rosette terminal. Rinceau decoration. The stalks of the scroll terminate in large pointed leaves, with serrated borders. In the lower concavity of the scrollis a palm tree and on th eother side of it is a : (1) Dancing Pan (D.423) and - (2) A Satyr (cf.D 235 and 352). Both these types have been described. "Nile-geese" are seen amidst the scroll. The bifurcation of the stalks of the scroll is masked by a late type of "tendril-union" with trifid terminals.
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
Acquisition
Donation, 18/10/1923
Measurements
Material
samian
Location
In store
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