ROMAN POTTERY FOUND IN BRITAIN. 
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They occur as early as the middle of the II. Century, (Jakobi, 
Das Kastell Saalburg, I., p. 427, fig. 64, No. 24—25), and are common 
in the sepulchres of the north and east of Gaul, dating from the 
III. and IV. Centuries, but mostly date from the III. Century. 
By their distribution they are shown to have been made some¬ 
where in the Rhine district. 
Walters, Cat. xlix., M 141—154, M 2445—2459. 
Dechelette, II., p. 312. 
Kcenen, p. 109, XVIII., 1—13. 
For an example in the Colchester Museum, see Catalogue of 
Joslin Collection, 1231. 
Plate VIII. 
7a. Small Bulbous goblet, form 54 nearly. 
Reddish paste coated with dark brown glaze of metallic lustre. 
Round the body, between a wavy line and row of short strokes, a band of 
ornament consisting of dots and curves between letters DAMI, painted in white 
slip. 
7b. Similar vessel. 
Reddish paste coated with a greenish brown bronze-like glaze. 
Round the body, between a curved line and two rows of short strokes, two 
bands of ornament, the upper one formed by the large capital letters VIVATIS, 
and the lower consisting of lines and dots to represent bunches of grapes in 
white slip. 
7c. Similar vessel coated with black glaze. 
Round the body, bordered by a wavy line and row of short strokes, the 
letters only—DAMI—in white slip. 
This vessel forms part of a grave-group represented by Plate 
VIII., 6, and is associated with (1) a dark grey olla decorated round 
the body with a white band scored across diagonally with black 
lines forming a trellis pattern, containing burnt bones, and (2) a 
hexagonal glass flask with handle,—a form common in the time of 
Hadrian, A.D. 116—136 (Hettner, Trier Museum Cat., p. 105, fig. 
107, No. 3) and later. The group, therefore, belongs probably to 
the latter half of the II. or beginning of the III. Century. 
4. Red Glazed Ware, with Hatched Patterns. 
This type of sigillata is so rare as to be represented in the British 
Museum Catalogue by only six fragments, M 2846—51. 
One example, obtained at Neuss, is described as a late sigillata 
bowl with roulette ornamentation, half preserved, Lehner, 
Novaesium, p. 336, plate XXVI., 34. 
Kcenen, p. 104, plate XVI., 23, mentions a similar bowl with 
conical and notched impressions as being common in graves of 
the Antonine period, A.D. 140—190. 
