Roman samian dish

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Roman samian dish
Roman samian dish
Roman samian dish
Credit
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Image ID
46797
Accession number
23.292 [062.1]
Title
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Roman samian dish
Identification
Identifier
Type
 
 
Creator
Name
Role
 
 
Material
Value
 
red slip ware
pottery
clay
samian
Technique
Value
 
Category
Value
 
Usage
Value
 
Period
Period
 
Roman
Additional information
Samian dish found at Segontium, Caernarfon. 70-110 CE.

The Romans mass-produced pottery and transported it across their empire. Most of the pottery used in Wales was produced locally but the Romans imported this glossy red slipware from Gaul, now France.
Keywords
Value
 
Pottery 2
not verified
Dr 36
Make with clay
Gweithdy
Dragendorff
Place
Value
Tag
 
 
Southern Gaul
Place of creation
Segontium, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, Place
Findspot
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3,267 px
Full size height
1,985 px

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