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No. 37. BOWL, 7⅞. in. diameter, 2¾ in. high; terra
sigillata ware; clay poor, soft, light pinkish-red; the glaze in darker
red and almost decayed away. Impression of potter’s stamp quite
illegible.
Resembles the Rheinzabern Bowl of Florentinus in having a
continuous curve from the top to base inside. Oelmann, Niederbieber, type
1, pl. i., 1 b, A.D. 190—260, and may be dated about A.D. 200.*
The pottery can at present be seen at the offices of Messrs.
Whiting Bros., Builders, Ospringe, adjoining the site where it was found;
it is hoped that it may in the near future be placed for permanent
exhibition in the public reading room at the Institute, East Street,
Faversham.
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Thanks must be expressed to Mr. Mill Stephenson, F.S.A.,
and to Mr. Reginald Smith, F.S.A., of the British Museum, not only for
editing these notes, but also for twice visiting the site, identifying
the hobnails, giving innumerable suggestions and being of the greatest
possible assistance in many other ways; to Mr. Thos. May as before
mentioned; to Mr. H. Elgar of Maidstone, and to the Curators of several
other museums for information and assistance in various directions.
Since the above report was concluded further discoveries
have been made in this cemetery, but as it is possible still more
excavating may yet be done, details of later finds must await our next
volume.
* Die Keramik des Kastells Niederbieber. By
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