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LOT 0726
Roman Red Ware Bowl Fragment with Gladiator
2ND CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (71.9 grams, 98 mm).
From the upper part of a vessel, displaying a bird, a satyr head and a caduceus, a leaping wild horse and a gladiator within a roundel.
Provenance
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Literature
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und die Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch-Altenburg, 2017, item 697, for similar fragment.
Footnotes
These kind of fragments are often found in military camps. In addition to simple cooking pots, jugs, plates and mortars, the household effects of a contubernium (the smallest organised unit of soldiers in the Roman army composed of eight legionaries) also included finer eating and drinking utensils. To avoid confusion, many soldiers marked their dishes with their names and, if necessary, repaired them with the help of lead clips.
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