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James CurleNotes
Curle, James, and Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. A Roman Frontier Post and Its People : The Fort of Newstead in the Parish of Melrose. (Page 221, Fig. 6).
'75. Fragment of a bowl (Dragendorff 37), with coarse rim, showing egg and tassel
moulding irregular and indistinct. A large panel contains two large leaves
resembling those of the plane, with spiral stems added from another die. Above
these a small ivy leaf issues from the dotted line beneath the egg and tassel
moulding. To the right of the leaves an ornament composed of two objects resembling a fleur de lys set base to base. A degraded form of the cruciform ornament, or
possibly a thunderbolt. The panel terminates on the right with a beaded line, across which is set a reel ornament like Déchelette 1111. Beyond it is a stem, ending in a fleur de lys. On the left the panel terminates in a zigzag line. The panel beyond has in its upper part an incomplete demi-medallion in which appears an ivy leaf; beneath, between two columns, is a dancing satyr, resembling Déchelette 382. On the lower part of the side of the vase below the decorated band is a figure of a diminutive nude woman (Venus?) facing to front with right hand on head, the left indistinct. This figure, which is impressed horizontally, and which appears to be a very reduced copy of Déchelette 199, is also to be seen on a fragment in the British Museum—see Walters, Catalogue of Roman Pottery, p. 242, Fig.198. It occupies on the present bowl a position in which a maker's stamp is frequently found. Possibly that may be its purpose here. The fragment was found at the bottom of the ditch. Lezoux, or possibly Rheinzabern. (Page 221, Fig. 6.)Research Type
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Fragment referenced by J. Curle:
Walters, H. B. Catalogue of the Roman Pottery in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum. London: Longmans, 1908. (Page 242, Fig. 198 = M 1282).
'Found in London, 1 84 1. Roach Smith Coll., 1856. Ill. Rom. Lond. pi. 29, fig. 8. Bright red glaze. Panels divided by rows of beads crossed by two scrolls ; above, egg-and-tassel and row of beads.
(i) Horses of a biga to r., and part of driver; the nearer horse has one fore-leg too many ; in the field, a diminutive nude woman (Aphrodite I) to front with r. hand on head, holding something in 1. ; ground indicated below. (2) In one corner is the woman repeated ; below, part of an uncertain figure.'Research Type
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