This small, smooth, orange-red Samian ware bowl is a luxury import, made in Gaul (Roman France) and imported across the Channel. The bowl has been scratched with the name of its owner Alpinianus. Stamped on the bottom is the name of the potter IVNIANVS, who made the bowl in Lezoux, in central Gaul, between AD 100 and 150. Found during the excavation of Folkestone Roman Villa by Samuel Winbolt in 1924.
