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NERIS LES BAINS (Town) FRANCE
Aquae Neri (Neris les Bains) Allier, France.
Some Gallo-Roman baths mentioned in the Peutinger Table have been partly excavated.
They were quite luxurious, with marble veneers; some pools can still be seen.
Tiles bearing the mark of Legio VIII and the presence of a camp suggest that there
was a valetudinarium here. Remains of an amphitheater, some rich villas, and two
aqueducts are still standing. A number of inscriptions have been found, several
of them with the dedication: DEO NERIO.
Sculptures representing the traditional Gallic gods have also been
found: a crouching god, a god with a snake, one snake with a ram' s head. Others
show Epona and Abundance, while Oriental religions are represented by a lamp with
a dedication to the Mother of the Gods.
A remarkable number of bowls of metal as well as of glass and terracotta
have been found on the site. Two potter' s kilns of the Tiberian period have been
discovered; they were used to bake terra sigillata and ordinary domestic bowls.
Bowls with a lead glaze were also found in the furnace dump.
H. Vertet, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Feb 2006 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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