Stamp number 47
Stamp No | 47 |
form | Platter |
fabric | TN |
excavation | Museum Collection |
context | CH48 JSa 450 |
present | Chichester Museum |
inventory | 1948 excavations |
vr_cat_no | CHM2 |
potter No | 106 |
Die No | 01A01 |
def | N |
pos | R |
comment | Die 01A01 Radial; functional foot-ring. TN - hard white fine matrix; light grey surfaces; highly polished upper, smoothed lower . Uncertain Reading:- (/\((I(OS = C/\SSIIOS = CASSICOS. 1. 2 IC with stamp between . |
name1 | ZC C/\((I(OS |
name2 | CASSICOS |
comment | ICP The dies are notable for their cursive style with such poor lettering the reading is uncertain - possibly CASSICOS \ CASSICCOS A separate name was given to differentiate the dies from those of CANICOS P54 the most likely alternative but typically with clear readable dies. Originally classified as a different name SOIIIRINI has been added when it became apparent that when rotated the reading matched P106 Die 01A01. DIES 01A01, 04A01= P132 ZC SOIIRIN1 Die 04A01 DIE-STYLES 1 Die 01A01 FABRICS TR1C, TR2 & TN FORMS Cam 5, large platters & cup SOURCE import P132 SOIIIRINI at Trepail DATE DISTRIBUTION Die 01A01 is one of the most common in Britain with at least 14 examples on large platters in TR - Camulodunum (10); Braughing; Baldock; Chichester 1948; Silchester; Trier (TR11), TR1C Cam 8; Freinsheim, Speyer Museum. When rotated 180 degrees the stamps of P132 are very close to P106 and so the die has been assigned to Cassic(c)os P106 Die 04A01 as the die used for TN. Die 04A01 FABRIC; TN FORM; Radial on large platter SOURCE import DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (2); Silchester; Trier (TR11)TR1C Cam 8. |