Stamp number 473

Stamp No 473
form Platter
fabric TN
excavation Sheepen I
context 1932H&H
present Colchester Museum
inventory C32BS17
vr_cat_no 77
potter No 21
Die No 03C01
def Y
pos C
comment Die 03C01 - TORNOS / VOCARIF(ECIT).
Central. TN - .fine pale matrix; grey-black surfaces; polished upper, matt lower Reading:- TOR[NOS]/ VOC[ARIF(ECIT)]. 1. 2 IC.
name1 Tornos**
name2 Vocari
comment NA FABRIC A 14171Z. NA FABRIC C. NA FABRIC C.
The implication is that Tornos was the slave of Vocari. The firm possibly shared a die-cutter with Dannomaros. A potter Tornos certainly worked alone using 1-line dies but they were cut by a different hand. Similarly, a potter Vocara P26 also worked alone and used both 1-line and 2-line dies produced by a third die-cutter..
DIES 2-line dies - 01A01,01A02,01A03,01A04,01A05,02A01,02B01,03C01.
1-line dies 04D01, 04D02.
Abbreviation 05E01
DIE-STYLES 2 for 2-line dies, 1 for 1-line & 1 for abbreviation

Die 01A01
FABRICS TN
FORMS Cam 7, cups
SOURCE import Die-group 01A at Trepail (3)
DATE
DISTRIBUTION KHL; Braughing
Stamps from related A-dies occur on TN platters at Trier, Mainz, Kln, Nijmegen, Wederath, Kln; Fremersdorf, Cam 7C

Die 01A02 - TORNOS / VOCARI.
FABRICS TN
FORMS Cam 8
SOURCE import Die-groups 01A at Trepail (3)
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Foxton Grave; Eccles; Sheepen II; Andernach, Martinsberg Cemetery; Titelberg, TN cup; Luxembourg museum, TN platter; Novaesium, Cam 2; Ubbergen, TN cup; Paris; Gondorf; Grugelborn; Wendel Cemetery, Rheims - CIL 2985

Die 01A03 - TORNOS / VOCARI
FABRICS TN
FORMS Cam 8
SOURCE import Die-groups 01A at Trepail (3)
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Lexden Cemetery, St Clare Drive burial

Die 01A04 - TORNOS / VOCARI
FABRICS TN
FORMS Cam 8
SOURCE import Die-groups 01A at Trepail (3)
DATE
DISTRIBUTION unknown-Ashmolean museum.


Die 01A05 - [___]IOS /[___]I = [__]NOS / [__]I = TORNOS / VOCARI; too few letters to complete the reading.
FABRICS TN
FORMS small platter
SOURCE import Die-groups 01A at Trepail (3)
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I


Die 02A01 - TORNOS / VOCARIF(ECIT).
FABRICS TN1A, TN
FORMS Cam 7C, Cam 8, Cam 56
SOURCE import Die-groups 02A at Trepail (3)
DATE
DISTRIBUTION KHL (2); Sheepen I; Troyes.


Die 02B01 - TORNOS / VOCARIF(ECIT).
FABRICS TN
FORMS Cam 56, small platters
SOURCE import
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I & II; Trier (TR89) TR1C Cam 7 in typical Acvtvs ware


Die 03C01 - TORNOS / VOCARIF(ECIT).
FABRIC TN
FORM small platter
SOURCE import
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I

Die 04D01 - TORNO. Possibly Tornos working alone or alternatively a second Tornos.
FABRIC TN
FORM Cam 56 {Cam 8, large platters}
SOURCE Die at Trepail
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Colchester 'Cemetery unknown'; Trepail; ?Novaesium, Cam 2.

Die 04D02 - IORNO. Possibly Tornos working alone or alternatively Tornos II FABRIC TN
FORM Cam 56
SOURCE import
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I

Die 05E01 TO<FE> abbreviation for TO(NOS) FE(CIT)
FABRICS TN
FORMS Cam 56
SOURCE import
DATE
DISTRIBUTION KHL; Braughing

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