Casgliadau Arlein

Red ware linear handle with pie-crust edge (similar to a tazza); x2 red ware flagon sherds; x1 red ware vessel rim. The vessel handle is possibly from a ceramic patera. Samian patera forms exist (see Stansfield, J.A., 1936. Unusual Forms of Terra Sigillata: Second Series. Archaeological Journal 93, 104, Fig. 2; Dechelette, J. 1904. Les Vases Ceramiques Ornes de la Gaule Romaine (Narbonnaise, Aquitaine et Lyonnaise), Tome Second: 316-321, Pl. VII, principally Lezoux products), but coarseware parallels may also be cited. See Hoepken, C. 2004. Die Funde aus Keramik und Glas aus einem Liber Pater-Bezirk in Apulum (Dakien). Ein erster Ueberblick', in Roman Mithraism: the Evidence of the Small Finds. Martens, M. and De Boe, G. (eds.) Brussels: Instituut voor het Archaeologisch Patrimonium, pp. 239-257: 247, Taf. 11, Nos. 56 and 57. The context for the BHF II handle may be interpreted as the latest Roman deposit at the site, effectively subsoil, of probably AD third-century date.