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Pottery / bowl

Description

Samian bowl with a medallion showing Venus beside a column, with an owl on the right and a snake on the left, from Gaul and found at the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 2nd century AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 1322

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Pottery / bowl

Date

2nd century

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Samian ware

Physical description

Samian ware; on medallion, Venus standing beside a column, an owl, a snake; on panel, dancer holding scarf

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

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