Stamp number 587
Stamp No | 587 |
form | Cam 56 |
fabric | TN |
excavation | Sheepen II |
context | 246 |
present | Colchester Museum |
inventory | Pit 246 1 |
vr_cat_no | CN79 |
potter No | 292 |
Die No | 01A01 |
def | N |
pos | C |
comment | Cam 56Cs; very marked carination. TN - bad condition spalling & laminating; grey fine matrix; black surfaces. Border. Uncertain Reading:- //(Io. ? B:Co. 1. 1 IC. |
name1 | B:ICo |
name2 | Uncertain |
comment | The style is noticeably cursive with letters of elongated shape and uneven size interspersed with stops. Overall it relates to a group of four other dies with difficult to read uncertain names, they are BOITo P7, EoTIO P14, LIE:CI P277 and Opposed R P276. All are recorded on cups suggesting that the name was shortened to fit the base size. P7 and P277 are on the short-lived early Cam 54 in TR recovered from Late Augustan burials. indicating an early date for the die-style generally. DIE 01A01. FABRICS TN, TR1C, TR2 . FORMS Cam 56 SOURCE import Marne/Vesle DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (3) & II (2); Braughing |