List of figures

Fig. 2.1 Inkwell of Type Biebrich.
Fig. 2.2 Inkwells from the graves of men and women (total 48), where gender was ascribed on the basis of grave goods or osteological sexing.
Fig. 3.1 A 3D scan of the tombstone of Flavinus, found in Hexham Abbey (RIB 1172). The iconography and text share Flavinus’ identity as a signifer (standard-bearer) of a Roman cavalry unit.
Fig. 3.2 Grave 7 from Scorton, Catterick. An example of a soldier burial from fourth century Britain.
Fig. 4.1 A selection of Gallo-Belgic pottery types from Britain. Codes are from the Deru (1996) type-series.
Fig. 4.2 Map showing the location of selected cities and sites.
Fig. 4.3 The relative proportions of Gallo-Belgic tablewares at selected sites in NW Europe. Top tier: sites in Britannia with pre-conquest origins; middle tier: civilian centres in Gallia Belgica; bottom tier: military/colonial sites in Britain and sites in NE Belgica.
Fig. 4.4 The relative proportions of the most common butt-beaker (and related beaker) types at civilian sites in Britannia and Gallia Belgica, using the Deru (1996) type-series.
Fig. 4.5 Common Gallo-Belgic butt-beaker types from north-west Europe.
Fig. 4.6 The relative proportions of the most common platter types at sites in Britannia and Gallia Belgica, using the Deru (1996) type-series.
Fig. 7.1 Coin minted at Sagalassos, during the reign of Valerian I. The reverse publicises Sagalassos as friend and ally of the Romans as well as the first city of Pisidia.
Fig. 7.2 Sample 9. SRSW type 1B191, CaO rich group of non-Sagalassos provenance.
Fig. 7.3 Sample 15. SRSW type 1A150, CaO rich group of non-Sagalassos provenance.
Fig. 7.4 Sample 20. SRSW type 1B190, MgO poor group of non-Sagalassos provenance.
Fig. 7.5 Sample 28. ESD, Hayes form P40, MgO poor group.
Fig. 7.6 Dish with off-set rim typical for Boeotian fabrics with attested production at Koroneia and Thespiai, and morphological parallels in ARSW, Eastern Sigillata B and Athenian products.
Fig. 8.1 Example of a clay disc applied across the exterior base of a jug that had been cut too thin.
Fig. 8.2 Drawings of an ‘anomalous’ SRSW 1C000/1B000 form, demonstrating similarities to 1C140, 1C180, and 1B220 forms.
Fig. 8.3 Vessel mould depicting a smiling face (left) and moulded cup formed in a similar mould (right). The notch in the upper edge of the mould was used to cut the neck-hole for juglet forms.
Fig. 8.4 Plan of a late antique workshop complex in the eastern suburbium of Sagalassos that manufactured moulded wares. The north-east areas of the complex have been only partially excavated, and the dotted lines indicate walls inferred from geophysical prospections.
Fig. 8.5 Examples of three lamp moulds found on the floor of a workshop. Interior of the mould (left). Exterior of the mould with incised tag (right).
Fig. 8.6 Mould and figurines with post-moulding adaptations: figurine mould (a), rider figurines with pinched faces and incised detailing (b–c), and horse figurines with stamped and incised detailing (d–e).
Fig. 8.7 Examples of post-moulding appliqués: rider figurine wearing an appliqué helmet (left) and figurine helmet that popped off during firing (right).
Fig. 10.1 Schematic representation of different masonry types of concrete walls.
Fig. 10.2 Comparison of volcanic ash from the area around Rome (left) and from the Bay of Naples (right).
Fig. 10.3 Baths of Caracalla, Rome: concrete wall and dome with brick facing (bottom), tufa caementa (middle), and lightweight pumice caementa (top).
Fig. 10.4 Aula, Trajan’s Markets, Rome: a new type of vaulted space enabled by concrete.
Fig. 11.1 Bezel from finger-ring with representation of Chi-rho motif (shown backwards), Portable Antiquities Scheme LEIC-5FC533 (Worrell 2008, cat. no. 10).
Fig. 11.2 Examples of amber and crystal dice, British Museum acc. nos. 1772,0311.224 (amber) and 1772,0311.220 (rock crystal).
Fig. 11.3 Examples of bone one-to-six flats, Petrie Museum, acc. nos. UC59202 and UC59217 from Egypt.
Fig. 11.4 Examples of five-to-six flats in materials other than bone, Petrie Museum, UC59244 (stone), UC59226 (ceramic), UC59240 (stone), and UC59236 (stone), all from Egypt.
Fig. 11.5 Examples of dice broken and renumbered, National Museum of Ireland, acc. no. 1904.548 from Oxyrhynchus (one uppermost), and Verulamium Museum, acc. no. 2002.25 (broken and renumbered) from St. Albans (six uppermost).
Fig. 11.6 Example of oval plaque, from Wanborough, Ashmolean Museum acc. no. AN1955.260 and parallelipid die from Knowth, Ireland.
Fig. 12.1 Modern semantic network of the concept ‘Egypt’.
Fig. 12.2 Marble Sphinx from the Casa di Octavius Quartione (II 2,2), Pompeii. Soprintendenza Pompei, Inv. 2930.
Fig. 12.3 Painting of a marble sphinx statue from the north wall of the peristyle of the Casa del Peristilio (VII.6.28), Pompeii.
Fig. 12.4 Bronze table support in the form of an Egyptian sphinx. From Casa dell’Ara Massima (VI 16,15), Pompeii. MANN inv. no. 130860.
Fig. 12.5 Terracotta sphinx from the Iseum of Pompeii, found in the Sacrarium. MANN inv.no 22572.
Fig. 12.6 The Egyptianising paintings from the villa at Boscotrecase. Top: Black Room (19), upper section, left panel north wall, in Boscotrecase. Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. no 20.192.2. Bottom: fragment from the Mythological Room (15), upper section west wall. Inv. Metropolitan Museum of Art No 20192.13.
Fig. 12.7 Greek archaising scenes in the two white-coloured panels, from the Villa della Farnesina.