Stamp number 47

Stamp No 47
form Platter
fabric TN
excavation Museum Collection
context CH48 JSa 450
present Chichester Museum
inventory 1948 excavations
vr_cat_no CHM2
potter No 106
Die No 01A01
def N
pos R
comment Die 01A01
Radial; functional foot-ring. TN - hard white fine matrix; light grey surfaces; highly polished upper, smoothed lower . Uncertain Reading:- (/\((I(OS = C/\SSIIOS = CASSICOS. 1. 2 IC with stamp between .
name1 ZC C/\((I(OS
name2 CASSICOS
comment ICP
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, 04A01= P132 ZC SOIIRIN1 Die 04A01
DIE-STYLES 1
Die 01A01
FABRICS TR1C, TR2 & TN
FORMS Cam 5, large platters & cup
SOURCE import P132 SOIIIRINI at Trepail
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Die 01A01 is one of the most common in Britain with at least 14 examples on large platters in TR - Camulodunum (10); Braughing; Baldock; Chichester 1948; Silchester; Trier (TR11), TR1C Cam 8; Freinsheim, Speyer Museum.

When rotated 180 degrees the stamps of P132 are very close to P106 and so the die has been assigned to Cassic(c)os P106 Die 04A01 as the die used for TN.
Die 04A01
FABRIC; TN
FORM; Radial on large platter
SOURCE import
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (2); Silchester; Trier (TR11)TR1C Cam 8.


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