Stamp number 443
| Stamp No | 443 |
| form | Cam 54 |
| fabric | TR 1B |
| excavation | Sheepen |
| context | 1906Laver |
| present | Colchester Museum |
| inventory | 1111.06 |
| vr_cat_no | 383 |
| potter No | 56 |
| Die No | 01A01 |
| def | Y |
| pos | C |
| comment | Die 01A01 - SMERT / VCCOS NA FABRIC D 14202P. Cam 54. TR1B - orange sandy matrix; darker red slip; no finish survives. Border. Reading:- SMERT / VCCOS. CONDITION - complete base to 1/2 rim circuit. Very poor condition due to spalling. |
| name1 | Smertuccos** |
| name2 | |
| comment | NA FABRIC D 14202P. Clearly a major producer of TR judging by the number of dies and range of die-styles. According to an entry in the register of the Colchester & Essex Museum, a 1-line stamp and a 2-line die are recorded at Rheims in CIL. DIES 01A01, 02B01, 03A01, 05C0, 06E01, 08D01 DIE-STYLES 5 extremely varied styles from the formal letters of Die 01A01 to the apparent jumbled and ligatured cursive Die 08D01. No other potter has quite such a varied range. Die 01A01 - SMERT / VCCOS FABRICS TR1B FORMS Cam 53, small platter SOURCE Rheims DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I(2) Die 02B01 - SMERTV. FABRICS TR1B, TR1C FORMS small & large platters SOURCE Rheims, CIL vol xiii, part iii, p367, no 1823 and Die 02A01 at 1970-1 Kiln DATE DISTRIBUTION Braughing (3); Sheepen I; Rheims 1970-1 Kiln; Noyelles-Godault, TR Cam 7C; Alesia (VT272) TR (2); Luxembourg Museum TR platter. Die 03A01 - SMERT FABRICS TR1C FORMS Cam 7/8, large platters SOURCE import DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (2), Stanway Ritual deposit Die 05C01 - S<ME>RT FABRICS TR1C FORMS Cam 3, large platters SOURCE import DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (2) Die 06E01 - S<MR><E(rev)T>. Two ligatures and E reversed. FABRICS TR1C FORMS Cam 56 SOURCE import DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I Die 08D01 - <MS>RETV[..]. One ligature FABRICS TR1A FORMS large platters SOURCE import DATE DISTRIBUTION Braughing NA FABRIC D 14202P. Clearly a major producer of TR judging by the number of dies and range of die-styles. According to an entry in the register of the Colchester & Essex Museum, a 1-line stamp and a 2-line die are recorded at Rheims in CIL. DIES 01A01, 02B01, 03A01, 05C0, 06E01, 08D01 DIE-STYLES 5 extremely varied styles from the formal letters of Die 01A01 to the apparent jumbled and ligatured cursive Die 08D01. No other potter has quite such a varied range. Die 01A01 - SMERT / VCCOS FABRICS TR1B FORMS Cam 53, small platter SOURCE Rheims; CIL vol xiii, part iii, p367 no 1823 lists a die reading SMERT / VCCOS DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I(2) Die 02B01 - SMERTV. FABRICS TR1B, TR1C FORMS small & large platters SOURCE Rheims, CIL vol xiii, part iii, p367, no 1823 and Die 02A01 at 1970-1 Kiln DATE DISTRIBUTION Braughing (3); Sheepen I; Rheims 1970-1 Kiln; Noyelles-Godault, TR Cam 7C; Alesia (VT272) TR (2); Luxembourg Museum TR platter. Die 03A01 - SMERT FABRICS TR1C FORMS Cam 7/8, large platters SOURCE import DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (2), Stanway Ritual deposit Die 05C01 - S<ME>RT FABRICS TR1C FORMS Cam 3, large platters SOURCE import DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (2) Die 06E01 - S<MR><E(rev)T>. Two ligatures and E reversed. FABRICS TR1C FORMS Cam 56 SOURCE import DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I Die 08D01 - <MS>RETV[..]. One ligature FABRICS TR1A FORMS large platters SOURCE import DATE DISTRIBUTION Braughing |