Stamp number 89

Stamp No 89
form Platter
fabric TR 1C
excavation Gatesbury Henderson
context Unknown
present Hertford Museum
inventory
vr_cat_no HD2
potter No 30
Die No 09H01
def N
pos C
comment DIE 09H01
Central. TR1C. Border. Reading:- [ACVT]VS.
name1 Acutus**
name2 Acutus I
comment NA FABRIC D
Acutus is the overall name, but there are at least six recorded versions in Britain:-ACVTVS, ACVTIO, ACVTIOS, ACVTII, ACVTO and the abbreviation - ACVT. An incomplete stamp could read either [AC]V.T.o or [AQ]V.T.o.

Acutus 1 is used for dies in a formal style for the version ACVTVS.
DIES 09H01. 09H02, 09X01, 10J01
Die 09H01
FABRICS TR1B, TR1C
FORMS Cam 7A, Cam 12, large platters {Cam 5}
SOURCE probably the Marne-Vesle potteries; based on TR fabrics
DATE 10BC-AD15. Haltern provides the main dating evidence with end date between AD 9 and 15.
DISTRIBUTION KHL (2) - identical so likely part of same consignment; Braughing (2); Sheepen I (2) - V229 said to be from a Period I Context; Kelvedon (1); Haltern; Ubbergen, TR Cam 5; Trier (TR1) TR1C small platter (2).

Die 09H01 occurs at Haltern and so it was used before AD15. Here it is the most common of all Acutus' dies with seven examples all on TR platters. Its absence from Sheepen II and the Stanway Cemetery is significant for the chronology of those sites.

Die 09H02 - ACVTVS
FABRICS TN
FORMS small platters {Cam 7}
SOURCE probably the Marne-Vesle potteries; based on TR fabrics
DATE 10BC-AD15. Haltern provides the main dating evidence with end date between AD 9 and 15.
DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I
Related Die-group 09H at Paris, Vindonissa; Haltern; Langres; Speyer 'Judenbad', TR
Cam 7

Die 09H02 - ACVTVS
FABRICS TN
FORMS small platters {Cam 7}
SOURCE probably the Marne-Vesle potteries; based on TR fabrics
DATE 10BC-AD15. Haltern provides the main dating evidence with end date between AD 9 and 15.
DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I
Related Die-group 09H at Paris, Vindonissa; Haltern; Langres; Speyer 'Judenbad', TR
Cam 7

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