Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Roman stone carving
A roughly cut building stone with traces of mortar, probably Roman, on the sides. Incised on the front face is a type of motif, frequently found on building stones, which is usually identified as a palm-branch. This representation, however, has a stem, and so closely resembles the fir-tree emblem to be seen on the gold coins of the pre-Roman Dobunni, as well as in the hand of the Mother Goddess from Caerwent and on certain antefix types from Caerleon and Gloucester. This stone may, therefore, have been inserted vertically.
Pwnc
Archeoleg a Nwmismateg
Rhif yr Eitem
02.138/A
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Gelligaer, Caerphilly County Borough
Cyfeirnod Grid: ST 1349 9701
Dull Casglu: excavation
Dyddiad: 1899-1901
Nodiadau: Found in a modern boundary wall built along the Rectory Lane, adjacent to the site of the Roman fort, c. 1900.
Derbyniad
Donation, 1902
Mesuriadau
height / mm:350
width / mm:100
depth / mm:95
Deunydd
micaceous sandstone
Techneg
incised
carved
Lleoliad
In store
Categorïau
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