Stamp number 420
| Stamp No | 420 |
| form | Platter |
| fabric | TN |
| excavation | Sheepen |
| context | 1905Curator |
| present | Colchester Museum |
| inventory | 996.05 |
| vr_cat_no | 47 |
| potter No | 36 |
| Die No | 01A02 |
| def | Y |
| pos | R |
| comment | Die 01A02 - MEI-)I crossed D Radial; thick base. TN - sandy white matrix; heavily burnt & discoloured, patchy B/G surfaces; no finish . Reading:- MEI-)I (crossed D). 1. 1 IC at centre + 1 DRW + 1 IC. |
| name1 | Medi(llos) |
| name2 | |
| comment | NA FABRIC B 14197Q Die 01A01 = ICPS sample 66; Die 01A02 = ICPS samples 27 and 122; Die 01A04 = ICPS sample 39, thin section R719 This potter worked on a large scale and was a major supplier to Britain, probably through Camulodunum. He seems to have specialised in large TN platters, Cam forms 2 and 5B. The version Medi may be an abbreviation of the name Medilo or Medico recorded on a Cam 56 cup in TR and found at Sezanne, Marne. Although the letters are smaller the die style with the crossed D is the same. There is also a stamp from Die 01A02 on a mortarium rim found at the Bank of England site and now in the Museum of London. It may be a British product made at Brockley Hill in the pre-Flavian period and therefore the stamp evidence that a Gaulish potter moved to Britain or established a branch firm in the Claudian period. DIES 01A01, 01A02, 01A03, 01A04, 01A05, 02B01 DIE-STYLES at least 4 dies by the same hand, thick strokes and large clear letters. Die 01A05 definitely has a plain D. Die 02B01 looks like a fairly successful copy with an upside down M. FABRICS TN Die 01A01- MEI-)I, thick strokes for all letters. FORMS Cam 14, small & large platter SOURCE ICPS results Marne/Vesle DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I; Box grove; Chichester 'Chapel St' Eccles; Hacheston; Stone; London - mortarium Die-group 01A at Rheims kilns, 972 (RMS3); Sept-Saulx; Courmelois; Trier (TR53); Stahl; Dalheim; Epinay St Beuvre; Bavay; Tournai; Angreau; Bavay TN ; Blicquy, Cam 5 (2); Tongres 3R Cam 5 TN; Langres; Les Mureaux; Paris; Vimy T7 TN. Die 01A02 - MEI-)I crossed D FORMS small & large platters SOURCE Marne-Vesle for TN; mortarium not known, not Marne Vesle. DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (4) Die-group 01A at Rheims kilns, 972 (RMS3); Sept-Saulx; Courmelois; Trier (TR53); Stahl; Dalheim; Epinay St Beuvre; Bavay; Tournai; Angreau; Bavay TN ; Blicquy, Cam 5 (2); Langres; Les Mureaux; Paris. Die 01A03 - MEI-)I crossed D FORMS small & large platters SOURCE Marne-Vesle DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (4); Rheims (RMS3) Die 01A04 - MEDI ?Die 01A02 broken, repaired in antiquity and re-used. FABRICS TN FORMS Cam 5 SOURCE Marne-Vesle DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (2) Die 01A05- MEDI plain D otherwise same A-group style. FORMS Cam 5 SOURCE Marne-Vesle DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I; Blicquy, TN Cam 5. Die 02B01 - I-\-/EDI = MEI-); crossed D, initial letter usd M. FABRICS TN, TR FORMS Cam 58 SOURCE import DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (2) |