Stamp number 870

Stamp No 870
form Cam 56
fabric TR 1C
excavation Sheepen I
context Unknown
present Colchester Museum
inventory H111
vr_cat_no 305
potter No 292
Die No 01A01
def N
pos C
comment Cam 56. TR1C - fine red matrix; darker slip; no finish. Border. Uncertain Reading:- B:ICo. 1. 1 IC.
name1 B:ICo
name2 Uncertain
comment The style is noticeably cursive with letters of elongated shape and uneven size interspersed with stops. Overall it relates to a group of four other dies with difficult to read uncertain names, they are BOITo P7, EoTIO P14, LIE:CI P277 and Opposed R P276. All are recorded on cups suggesting that the name was shortened to fit the base size. P7 and P277 are on the short-lived early Cam 54 in TR recovered from Late Augustan burials. indicating an early date for the die-style generally.

DIE 01A01.
FABRICS TN, TR1C, TR2 .
FORMS Cam 56
SOURCE import Marne/Vesle
DATE
DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (3) & II (2); Braughing

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