Stamp number 463
Stamp No | 463 |
form | Platter |
fabric | TN |
excavation | May 1916 |
context | Unknown |
present | Reading Museum |
inventory | 1992.1.1728 |
vr_cat_no | R10 |
potter No | 132 |
Die No | 04A01 |
def | Y |
pos | R |
comment | Die 04A01 Radial. TN - pale fine matrix; mottled B/G surfaces; highly polished upper, polished lower. Uncertain reading :- SOIIRINI = SOVRINI or SOBRINI. Alternative rotated reading is (/\((I(OS = C/\SSIIOS = CASSICOS. 1. 1 TIC with BC inside stamp; 1 IC outside. |
name1 | ZC SOVI)II\II |
name2 | ZC CA((I(OS |
comment | ICPS The dies are notable for their cursive style with such poor lettering the reading is uncertain - possibly CASSICOS \ CASSICCOS A separate name was given to differentiate the dies from those of CANICOS P54 the most likely alternative but typically with clear readable dies. Originally classified as a different name SOIIIRINI has been added when it became apparent that when rotated the reading matched P106 Die 01A01. DIES 01A01, 03B01, 04A01= P132 DIE-STYLES 1 Die 04A01 FABRIC TN FORM large platter SOURCE import DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (2); Silchester; Trier (TR11)TR1C Cam 8. |