Stamp number 70

Stamp No 70
form Cam 12
fabric TR 2
excavation London Rd
context Unknown
present Verulamium Museum
inventory 81.3255
vr_cat_no V12
potter No 47
Die No 02B01
def Y
pos C
comment Die 02B01
Cam 12. TR 2. A circular die so reading uncertain:- .SI/.L./ \'// '/-\' or '/-\' / 'T'/IS'/ \'/ or V/A/T/IS/. Note the spots spanning the letters. 1. 2 single strand adjacent RW.

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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