Casgliadau Arlein

A very badly chipped stone, missing the top left and right of face. The dioscuri stand facing each other in full uniform of helmet, tunic, cuirass and boots. Each holds a spear vertically in the centre, and weapons behind. The twin on the right has a star over his head, as presumably did the other, though this is now lost with a chip. Shows some wear to the edges and the face.

Cafwyd hyd i’r 88 gem engrafedig hyn ym 1979, y mwyafrif ohonynt yn y gwaddodd a oed yn llenwi traen mawr o dan neuadd oer Baddondai’r Gaer. Byddai’r gemau hyn yn wreiddiol wedi’u gosod mewn modrwyan bys, a chaent eu defnyddio fel seliau neu swynoglyddion I warchod eu perchenogion. Fe’u gwnaed gan grefftwyn hynod o grefftus a weithiai ar raddfa fechen iawn heb gymorth chwyddwydr. Mae’r gemau wedi’u hengrafu ag amrywiaeth eang o dduwiau, peronlidau a symbolau.