Stamp number 945

Stamp No 945
form Cam 16
fabric CW
excavation Sheepen I
context 1938H&H
present Colchester Museum
inventory C38 BS28
vr_cat_no Box GB
potter No 136
Die No 03B01
def N
pos C
comment Die 03B01
Cam 16. CW. Uncertain Reading:- CI\ / \ /I /(o / (.T ( ( /-\. ? CATVL / LVSSI copy.
name1 Catullussi
name2
comment
ICPS sample 44
Definitely an immigrant potter who moved from a G-B production area to Colchester, continued to produce his standardised platter forms, Cam 8 and 16, but in the local clays and did not attempt to produce TN
DIES 01A01, 02A01 with 03B01 a possible copy.
DIE-STYLES open A otherwise letters easily recognisable
FABRICS CW, local fine sandy kiln-fired wares
FORMS close copies of Cam 8 & Cam 16
SOURCE ICPS results - Die 02A01 a Colchester product although not yet found on any kiln site, and not recorded outside Colchester.
DATE could be as early as AD45 but more likely to be after AD61, part of the post Boudiccan reconstruction when imports were not so readily available.
DISTRIBUTION only at Colchester
Die 01A01 - Sheepen I (3), Stansway but not Sheepen II, or Lexden cemetery.
Die 02A01 - Sheepen I, Colonia (2), but not Sheppen II, or Lexden cemetery.

Die 03B01
FABRICS CW
FORMS Cam 16, 58
SOURCE Colchester kilns
DATE ?post AD61
DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (3) but not Sheepen II

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