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.)
76. Small fragment of a bowl (Dragendorff 37). Egg and tassel moulding of unusual pattern. Beneath it, part of a panel showing a late form of the cruciform pattern. The panel is divided diagonally by dotted lines into four triangles; in the upper one, a long leaf stands upright. In the side, a pelta. (Page 221, Fig. 7.)
77. Fragment of a bowl (Dragendorff 37). The surface is much decayed. Egg and tassel moulding. The decoration has been in panels and large medallions. (1) In a large medallion, figure of an animal facing to right, possibly a stag (Déchelette 847), beneath it an acanthus leaf (Déchelette 1160). Below the medallion, a bear running to left (Déchelette 820). (2) In a panel a nude figure, probably Perseus, with right hand uplifted (Déchelette 146). (3) A panel divided horizontally; upper part, in a small medallion, a beardless mask (Déchelette 696); below, a mask of Pan facing to left (Déchelette 675). (4) In a panel, figure of a bearded man (Déchelette 523). The body is draped, the shoulders uncovered. (5) The first medallion panel is repeated. The whole is in the style of Cinnamus. Lezoux. (Page 223, Fig. 1.)
H. Finds from Late Pits
78. PIT XXIII. Fragment of a large bowl. Beneath a narrow band of egg and tassel moulding, decoration in panels and large medallions. (1) In a panel, figure of Pan turned to right, resembling Déchelette 419. In a large medallion (incomplete) figure of Apollo. Lezoux. (Page 223, Fig. 2.)
79. PIT XL. Bowl (Dragendorff 37). Height 3¼ inches. Egg and tassel moulding. Decoration in panels and large medallions. In the medallions, a figure of a gladiator, his sword in his right hand, his shield in his left (Déchelette 614). On the right of each medallion, in an upright panel, the figure of a dancer. On the left: upper half, in a demi-medallion, a hare (Déchelette 950 a); in the angles below, on either side a ring, and between them a figure of an animal (Plate XLV.).
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