Stamp number 403

Stamp No 403
form Platter
fabric TN
excavation Sheepen I
context TX 4' P18 4
present Colchester Museum
inventory ? part of 402
vr_cat_no 56
potter No 123
Die No 01A01
def N
pos R
comment 2/3 Radial. TN - sandy white matrix; mottled pale B/G surfaces; polished finish. Border. Reading:- MARIO; MAR[IO] retrograde. 1. 2 IC; MA over-stamps circles & this produces the effect of /.\'/.\' with 4 triangular spots. Probably same platter as V402.
name1 Mario
name2
comment DIE 01A01
DIE-STYLE note dotted O; other oddities are just distortions caused by over-stamping decoration.
FABRICS TN
FORMS large platters
SOURCE import
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (3 - probably 2 platters); Vertault, Cam 2 3R.

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