Ceramic, 1.1 Kg, 32 cm wide (12.5 inches). Circa 1st-4th century AD. A very large red-ware platter with heavy stepped rim; the central motif a star of five palm leaves surrounded by seventeen roundels; four concentric circles impressed into the tondo with a wide impressed hatched border. Very fine, without damage or repair. Provenance: from an old English collection, found North Africa.