Casgliadau Arlein

Two neck and one lower handle fragments of a long necked jug of blue-green glass. The neck is cylindrical, with a diameter of 3.3 cms, and vertical optic blown ribs.The handle contains one large and several smaller, elongated bubbles, and is flat sectioned, with a central raised rib extended into a pincered tail which grips the vessel shoulder. The sloping angle of the shoulder suggests that the shape of the body was originally conical. The width of the handle is 3.4 cms.

Long-necked jugs were very popular during the second half of the first and first third of the second centuries. There are at least 8 fragments of this type and the closely related globular jar represented at this site and the type has also been quite common on other sites at Caerleon. Colours commonly used include blue-green, dark blue, amber, yellow-green and also brown and wine. Jug bodies may be conical like this fragment or globular, and handles are ribbed, often with pincered tails beneath. [Allen, 1990 Unpublished report]