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Owing to an incrustation adhering to the edges of the broken 
parts they have not gone very well together, but they show very 
clearly the shape and dimensions of these vessels which were 
evidently for domestic use. Although graceful in shape they 
show no attempt at ornamentation, but it will be observed that 
the maker has rudely scratched on the bottom of one of them, 
the letters VIRIL. 
Amongst the fragments of other Samian vessels, which have not 
yet been pieced together, there are several examples of artistic 
ornamentation, one showing the figure of a hound, probably part 
_ of a hunting scene; but the quarrymen have disfigured it by 
scratching figures upon it, which is to be regretted. 
In addition to the Samian Ware, of which 60 fragments have 
been found, the writer has obtained from the Kilmersdon Lane 
Quarry about 650 fragments of Romano British Pottery of various 
kinds, but no complete vessel of any description has yet been 
found or reconstructed. It has been possible however in some 
cases to join together a sufficient number of fragments to give an 
idea of what the vessels were, and a few examples of these and of 
single pieces of different descriptions are now submitted for the 
inspection of Members. 
They include the following amongst others, viz. :— 
Coarse Black Pottery, with small pebbles and broken shells 
embedded, which probably belonged to a cinerary urn of very 
large dimensions. 
Smooth Black Pottery, of finer and thinner manufacture, of a 
glazed black color, with slight zigzag markings outside, and 
brown unglazed finish inside. 
Black Pottery, unglazed and of a bluish black, both outside and 
inside ; some examples show an incrustation of what is probably 
burned food. 
Grey Pottery, of finer manufacture, slightly glazed outside and 
unglazed inside. 
