Casgliadau Arlein

Complete. A naked male figure (either Bonus Eventus or a huntsman) stands facing to the right, leaning with his left elbow on a column. In his left hand he holds a hare and balances a crook in his right hand behind him; from this arm also hangs drapery. In front and to right may be a brazier raised off the ground by a single-legged stand. Shows only very slight wear on the convex surface.

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.