Stamp number 478
Stamp No | 478 |
form | Cup |
fabric | TR 1C |
excavation | Sheepen II |
context | 137 |
present | Colchester Museum |
inventory | Pit 137 2 15 |
vr_cat_no | CN41 |
potter No | 47 |
Die No | 01A01 |
def | Y |
pos | C |
comment | Die 01A01 Foot-ring bowl or large cup ? Cam 58. TR1C - orange sandy matrix; darker slip; polished upper, streaky lower; badly laminated. . Reading:- SI/L/ V / /\ = ?SILVA(NVS) or V//\/SI/L = VASIL (??). 1. 1 IC. CONDITION - complete base circuit. |
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 |