Means of carrying water?

[Lucius Aurelius Metellus]

Indeed. A gourd water bottle is what I use even now, slung in a net bag. From previous discussions on this list, I have also found out that gourd fragments have been found at the Saalburg in Germany, so a gourd canteen or water bottle there would be plausible as well. If it breaks, I just pick another out of the garden and keep on truckin' Gourds are actually very tough. <p>Lucius Aurelius Metellus, draconarius, Secunda Brittanica<br>
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