Stamp number 489

Stamp No 489
form Platter
fabric TN
excavation Sheepen I
context 1930-646-647
present Colchester Museum
inventory 363.31
vr_cat_no 90
potter No 23
Die No 01B01
def Y
pos R
comment Die 01B01
Radial. TN - pale sandy matrix; mottled pale B/G; polished finish. Border. Reading:- VRITVES. Clear but uneven letters. 1. 1 RW.
name1 Vritves**
name2 Cincos
comment NA FABRIC D. 14166T
The implication is that Vritves is the slave of Cincos. Vritves certainly worked alone using several 1-line dies and probably worked at Rheims. Stamps of a potter Cincos from dies cut by a different hand were excavated at the Mourmelon-le-Petit in the Marne-Vesle potteries

DIES
Single-line - 01A01, 01B01
2-line with CINCOS - 02A03
DIE-STYLES Dies-groups 01A and 02A were cut by the same hand in a formal style; note the characteristic shape of \I and R. Die 01B01 the letter shapes are different and the sizes uneven with a notably short T.

Die 01A01,
FABRICS TN; TR1B
FORMS Cam 56 & small platters
SOURCE import
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Braughing (3); Andernach; Wederath; Novaesium, Cam 56 TN

Die 01B01
FABRICS TN
FORMS large platters
SOURCE import
DATE;
DISTRIBUTION Sheepen (5)

Die 02A03
FABRICS TR1B
FORMS Cam 7
SOURCE import; possibly Mourmelon-le-Petit since CINCOS found there (Chossenot & Chossenot 1987, fig 6)
DATE;
DISTRIBUTION KHL; Titelberg (TI 6-7) TR Cam 7(2); Alsia, TR; Bavay; Rheims.

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