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Conjoining sherds of a decorated bowl (form 29). The upper zone is panelled, with triple rows of arrowheads, then festoons with hares to the right and left, separated by a pendant with heart-shaped leaf. There is a row of rather blurred palisades below the central cordon. The date is circa AD 70-85.

The samian recovered from the excavations on the British Telecom site, though not great in quantity, is of particular interest since it includes a substantial group of South Gaulish decorated ware from La Graufesenque, which belongs to the early occupation of the fortress. When reassembled, some of these bowls are largely complete, though the sherds have been widely scattered and often turned up in later levels. Some show evidence of considerable wear, including D1, the bowl that is stylistically the earliest found. This suggests that it had been used elsewhere before being brought to the fortress.

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