Stamp number 478

Stamp No 478
form Cup
fabric TR 1C
excavation Sheepen II
context 137
present Colchester Museum
inventory Pit 137 2 15
vr_cat_no CN41
potter No 47
Die No 01A01
def Y
pos C
comment Die 01A01
Foot-ring bowl or large cup ? Cam 58. TR1C - orange sandy matrix; darker slip; polished upper, streaky lower; badly laminated. . Reading:- SI/L/ V / /\ = ?SILVA(NVS) or V//\/SI/L = VASIL (??). 1. 1 IC. CONDITION - complete base circuit.
name1 SILVA(NVS) '
name2 VATIS \ ATISV
comment The circular dies may read SILVA or VATIS or ATISV depending on which is chosen as the initial letter. There is a fuller version of the name on 2-line rectangular dies which have not been recorded in Britain and horse-shoe shaped dies on the underside of beakers in Eggshell Ware; one of the few names to occur on both TN and Eggshell Ware.

DIES 01A01, 02B01, both circular dies
DIE-STYLES 1
Die 01A01
FABRIC TR1C
FORM cup
SOURCE import
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Sheepen II; Nijmegen, Cemetery S TR Cam 58
Possibly the same die, Titelberg TR1C Cam 56.

Die 02B01
FABRICS TR2
FORMS Cam 12
SOURCE import
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Verulamium

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