Stamp number 579
Stamp No | 579 |
form | Cam 8 |
fabric | TN |
excavation | Sheepen I |
context | Unknown |
present | Colchester Museum |
inventory | S! 5' |
vr_cat_no | 261 |
potter No | 4 |
Die No | 01A01 |
def | N |
pos | C |
comment | Cam 8. TN - pale fine matrix; B/B surfaces; polished upper, matt lower. Border. Reading:- I3[EI/IIO]. 1. IC. |
name1 | Benio I** |
name2 | |
comment | NA FABRIC D DIES 01A01, 01E01, 02B01, 02C01 DIE-STYLES 2 different die-cutters were shared by Benio I and Bent(i)o/Benio II to stamp import quality TN. Characteristics shared by Die-group 01A are most notably the reversed and sloping \/\, B consists of 2 separate strokes, E has a tail and O is large and round. Die-group 03A is as 01A with dotted O. Die-group 03A is as 01A with dotted O. Die group 02B has a very wide sloping /\/. There are at least two does used to stamp a set of Cam 16 copies in bonfire-fired sandy coarse wares reading BE\/\TO and BENIO. Die 02C01 reads BE/\/IO, P4, and the die appears to have been cut by the same hand as Die 02B01 in TN. Die 03D01 reads BE\/\To, P5. All B-group dies seem to have been cut by the same hand. Die 01A01 - BENIO FABRICS TN, minor TR1C FORMS Cam 8, small platters SOURCE possibly Sept-Saulx where name recorded on an unrelated die DATE AD40-65 DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I & II (3); Ardleigh; Bagendon; Canterbury; Mount Bures, Silchester; Trier (TR98), Trier TN Cam 8; Nijmegen Cemeteries O, E & S, Cam 8 TR (1) TN (7); Paris; Beaumont-sur-Oise; Cologne; Xanten; Moyland. Die 01E01 FABRIC Tn only FORM Cam 8 SOURCE import DATE DISTRIBUTION Rainham Creek; relted die at Nihjmegen 28a, on the underside off beakers. Die 02B01 FABRICS TN FORMS Cam 8 SOURCE possibly Sept-Saulx where name recorded on an unrelated die DATE AD40-65 DISTRIBUTION KHL; Odell; Nijmegen; Cemetery S, TN Cam 8 (6); Trier, Paris; Noyelles-Godault. Die 02C01 FABRICS CW bonfire fired sandy FORMS Cam 16 copy SOURCE should be a local workshop DATE AD 50-85 DISTRIBUTION Pepper Hill cemetery |