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An extraordinary Roman Samian vessel with leaping tigers excavated at Wroxeter/ Viroconium & on display in the splendid Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery #FindsFriday

📷 My own, 2024
September 25, 2026 at 7:04 AM
durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Day 5 of #Durotriges25 and the Romans have made an appearance

Typical 🤣

#Samian Ware (terra sigillata) #Roman #pottery #Archaeology

Fresh from the ground this #Findsfriday
A sherd of Samian pottery (glossy red Roman tableware) still mud encrusted, held in the palm of an archaeologists hand
June 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
petesavin.bsky.social
A lovely bit of 2nd Century Samian pottery for #findsfriday found this week at Uncovering Roman #Carlisle
#Archaeology
May 8, 2026 at 7:40 AM
drnwillburger.bsky.social
Easter bunny resting 🐰

A #Roman samian ware bowl depicting a rabbit eating a dandelion.
Found in Eschenz/Switzerland.

📷 AATG, Daniel Steiner 🏺
Close-up detail of a Samian ware pottery vessel showing a raised relief of a rabbit or hare crouched in profile, facing left. The animal appears to be nibbling on a dandelion, with its long ears upright and front paws extended. The reddish-brown surface of the pottery is smooth and glossy, with a central vertical crack running through the image. Decorative arches and floral motifs frame the scene
April 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM
romanpalace.bsky.social
In case you need any more evidence that the world has gone mad, the Shire Archaeology guide to Samian pottery is selling on Amazon for £156.95.

www.amazon.co.uk/Samian-Ware-...
The cover of a book called "Samian Ware", which is part of the Shire Archaeology series. It's by Guy de la bedoyere. We don't know who Guy is but he seems to be doing something right.
March 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
drnwillburger.bsky.social
Fascinating glimpse into everyday Roman life: This samian ware bowl was repaired with lead rivets, clear evidence that it was valued enough to mend rather than discard.
The repair reflects either the practical mindset and economic realities of a Roman household, or it may have been a...🧵1/3

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A reddish Roman samian ware bowl with richly figurative and geometric decoration, its surface pierced and repaired with several lead rivets.
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
fenken.bsky.social
Sainsbury's now sell Samian Ware.
A shelf of brick-red ceramics with a semi matt glaze. Similar to Samian Ware, but without the decoration.
June 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
drnwillburger.bsky.social
A samian ware beaker, from Rheinzabern, dating around 200 AD. The kiln site at Rheinzabern was the largest samian ware production site north of the Alps.
On display at Limesmuseum Aalen, one of our branch museums.

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October 7, 2024 at 1:52 PM
jodywagner.bsky.social
"Post a banger that isn't in English." #MusicSky

Samian/Kashtin - Tshinanu
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Romani ite domum

#Durotriges25
A sherd of Roman Samian (Terra sigillata) pottery recovered from the soil of a ploughed field
May 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
milesking.bsky.social
Nice piece of Samian ware (with some decoration) just came out of my otherwise now fairly findless feature #Durotriges26
June 19, 2026 at 11:11 AM
malcolmstoneman.bsky.social
Samian ware bowl (fragment)
Found at site of Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend, Newcastle.

The bowl is decorated with a man on horseback and a bear.

The fort stood at the end of the extension to Hadrian’s Wall.

#FindsFriday #Roman
A bear seems to chase a man on horseback in this scene on a fragment of a Samian ware bowl.
February 6, 2026 at 8:57 AM
drnwillburger.bsky.social
Easter bunny resting 🐰🐰

A #Roman samian ware bowl depicting a rabbit eating dandelion.

Found in Eschenz/Switzerland.

Photo: AATG, Daniel Steiner
Close-up detail of a Samian ware pottery vessel showing a raised relief of a rabbit or hare crouched in profile, facing left. The animal appears to be nibbling on a dandelion, with its long ears upright and front paws extended. The reddish-brown surface of the pottery is smooth and glossy, with a central vertical crack running through the image. Decorative arches and floral motifs frame the scene.
April 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
bengazur.bsky.social
A handsome chunk of Roman Samian ware pottery with some of its decorations. Fresh from the Thames this morning.
December 4, 2024 at 11:39 AM
danherb10.bsky.social
Cosplay archaeologists while gardening this morning.
I'm convinced I have samian ware and hypocaust tile here thus solving the mystery of Chessington's lost villa.
September 27, 2026 at 10:34 AM
pottedhistory.bsky.social
Want to know more about, arguably the most iconic Roman pottery, Samian Ware, Terra Sigillata? 🏺⚱️ Join me at Magna Roman Fort, on Hadrian's Wall, part of @vindolandatrust.bsky.social to not only learn about it, but to make your own replica #Archaeology #AncientBluesky share.google/fzuyz50w5wRr...
Potted History Samian Ware Masterclass - 04/10/2026 10:00:00
4th October 10am - 3pm Roman Army Museum Design and create your own Samian Ware bowl at this hands-on workshop at the Roman Army Museum with Potted History. Samian Ware is a distinctive form of decora...
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September 10, 2026 at 10:48 AM
staysleeping.bsky.social
A very well-loved, much repaired Roman Samian ware bowl was also on display at Northants ARC yesterday
#findsfriday
Samian ware bowl with multiple pot mends
March 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
northumberart.bsky.social
This weekend @pottedhistory.bsky.social is in Hull demonstrating Roman Samian Pottery techniques as part of their Romanfest! www.hullmuseums.co.uk/homepage/222...
#History #archaeology #pottery #ceramics #technology #romans #craft
July 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
archaeohawke.bsky.social
#FindsFriday
Samian bowl (Form 30) by the potter MARTIALIS South Gaulish AD 50-60. Found during excavation at Burrium, Usk.

📸 My own.

#History #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #pottery #Wales
January 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
levetot.bsky.social
En voiture, à la radio (@icipremiere) un entretien avec Samian..,je le place dans mon cartable des personnes admirables…👌
August 13, 2026 at 7:09 PM
hillfortian.bsky.social
#FindsFriday
Fresh from the trenches...

(Fresh indeed - the cheeky chap on the Samian sherds is lucky that break spared his blushes)

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Uncleaned iron age coin Dolphin brooch (thanks Phillipa Walton for the ID!) Decorated Samian sherds One. With a cross motif and one with a scantily clad lad
September 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
pottedhistory.bsky.social
In the Potted History workshop today, Roman Samian Ware, terra sigillata flasks/water bottles. Available to pre-order in our online shop potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
May 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Two rare leaf-scroll handled Samian Ware dishes found with a #Roman cremation at Sompting West #Sussex in 1971

In the wonderful Worthing Museum @wtmworthing.bsky.social

Made in Rheinzabern #Deutschland in the early 3rd century, they're stamped with the makers names, FAVVO and IVVENIS

#FindsFriday
Two leaf-scroll handled Roman red pottery (Samian ware) dishes on display in Worthing Museum. Both made in Germany and both stamped with a makers mark (FAVVO and IVVENIS)
April 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Ruby and Amy have found this sherd of #Roman Samian Ware (terra sigillata) wine cup in a feature at #Durotriges25

The naked *dad bod* torso suggests it could be a depiction of Bacchus (or possibly Hercules?)
Sherd of red slip Roman Samian Ware pottery featuring the head and naked torso of a man, the pottery fragment being held between the thumb and forefinger of an archaeologist
July 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
romanbritain.bsky.social
#FindsFriday

Samian bowl (Form 30) by the potter MARTIALIS South Gaulish AD 50-60. Found during excavation at Burrium, Usk.

#History #RomanBritain #Archaeology #pottery
May 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM