Stamp number 526
| Stamp No | 526 |
| form | Cam 56 |
| fabric | TN |
| excavation | Sheepen I |
| context | 1930H&H |
| present | Colchester Museum |
| inventory | C30B56 |
| vr_cat_no | 15 |
| potter No | 18 |
| Die No | 02G01 |
| def | Y |
| pos | C |
| comment | Dies 02G01, 02G02 Cam 56. TN - fine brown matrix; black surfaces; no finish. Reading:- IVLIOS. 1. 1 IC. . |
| name1 | Jul(l)ios I**$ |
| name2 | |
| comment | NA FABRIC A - V138 Die 01A01; FABRIC B - V139 Die 02H01, V520 Die 01B01; V544 Die 04G07 14196S ICP SAMPLES Dies 02H01, 03G03, 03G05, 03G06, 07G01(BOLD), 07G02 (CW) By some way the most common Name on TN in Britain with at least 65 stamps representing 23 different dies, the Jul(l)ios I assemblage exceeds the complete stamp-lists for any other British site. Probably the most unexpected fact however is that the range of dies represented at Colchester far exceeds that so far recorded for all continental sites. Stamps are recorded at both Haltern and Hofheim demonstrating that the name was used for at least two generations between AD1 and AD45 whilst the form range implies a longer span of nearer 65 years. For an early detailed discussion on the potter or potters Jul(l)ios / Julius see Rigby 1981. Subsequent finds at Colchester on the Culver Street and Gosbecks Sites have added complications to the date range with new 2-line dies on Cam form 16 platters. Dies only represented at Colchester could indicate that a potter Jul(l)ios worked there possibly even in the pre-Claudian period. The current shortage of continental finds is more likely to be the result of inadequate sampling. One likely contender if IVLLOS P25 with dies on both TN and a CW copy. DIES 01A01, 01A04, 01B01, 01C01, 01T01, 02E01, 02F01, 02G01, 02G02, 02H01, 02H02, 02H03, 02H05, 02J01,02J02, 02J03, 02J04, 02K01, 02K02, 03G03, 03G05, 03G06, 04G07, 06O01, 07G01, 08R01, 08R02, 09X01, 10Z01, 11Z01, 12Z01 DIE-STYLES 4 main styles but anything up to 12 different hands cut the dies. Die 01A01 - IVLIO FABRICS TN FORMS Cam 56 SOURCE import. DATE DISTRIBUTION Thatcham 'Crookham House'; Trier (TR 51) TN Cam 56S; Wederath TB Cam 56L. Die-group 01A at Dalheim, TN cup Die 01A04 - IVIIO, poorly shaped L. FABRIC ITN FORM Cam 56 SOURCE ?import. DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I Die 01B01 - IVLIO FABRICS TN FORMS Cam 56, small platter SOURCE import. . DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (2) Die group 01B at Caudebec-les-Elbeuf Die 01C01 - IOVA(usd) / IVLIO. A most unusual die which has to be read from opposite directions, and the potter's name IVLIO is on the second line, with AVOTI on the top line. This die-cutter clearly had problems. FABRICS TN FORMS small platters SOURCE import. DATE DISTRIBUTION Chichester 'Chapel St' Related 2-line dies read IOVA / IVLIO from one direction at Trier; Meckel; Speyer 'Judenbad' TN platter; Lebach, Cam 16 Die 01T01 - IVLIO / I' EC(I)T. Note FECIT replaces AVOTIS. FABRICS TN FORMS Cam 58 SOURCE import. DATE AD50-75 DISTRIBUTION Lake Farm Die-group 01T at Bavay 463 Die 02E01 - IVLIOS FABRICS TN {TR} FORMS Cam 56 {large platter} SOURCE import. DATE Die or Die group at Haltern DISTRIBUTION Braughing (2); Sheepen I; Silchester; Haltern TR large platter Die 02F01 - IVLIOS FABRICS TN {TR, TR1A} FORMS large & small platters{Cam 56} SOURCE import. DATE DISTRIBUTION Verulamium; Sheepen I (2); Folio Society Tournai (Deru info) TR1A large platter; Hofheim, TR Cam 56; Bavay Dies 02G01, 02G02 FABRICS TN FORMS Cam 56, small platters SOURCE import. Chemical analysis of Die-groups 02G & 02H produced related results so Marne-Vesle sure. DATE DISTRIBUTION Baldock (2) & 'Icknield way Burial '; Sheepen I (4); Verulamium Dies 03G03, 03G05 - IVLLIO, back sloping L & letter O in 2 strokes FABRICS TN FORMS Cam 5B, Cam 56, small platters SOURCE Marne/Vesle. DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (6) & II; Nijmegen Cemetery S TN Cam 8. Die 03G06 FABRICS TN FORMS Cam 56, Cam 8 SOURCE Marne/Vesle DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I & II (2); Colchester Fortress; Snailwell Grave; Thatcham 'Crookham House' Die 04G08 FABRICS TN FORMS Cam 5, Cam 8, Cam 14, Cam 56 SOURCE Marne/Vesle DATE DISTRIBUTION Baldock 'Icknield Way Burial'; Fishbourne; Duston; Sheepen I & II; Kent Dies 02H01, 02H02, 02H03, 02H05 - IVL:IoS, L with curled bar, small o and note spots between letters. FABRICS TN FORMS Cam 5, Cam 8, Cam 56, small & large platters SOURCE Marne/Vesle Die-group 02H at Louvercy & Trepail. Chemical analysis of Die-groups 02G & 02H produced related results so Marne-Vesle sure. DATE DISTRIBUTION Fishbourne; Silchester; Thatcham 'Crookham House'; Deal; Canterbury; Sheepen I (6) & Sheepen II; Nijmegen, Cemetery 0, TN Cam 8; Wederath, TN Cam 8; Lebach, TN Cam 56. Die group 02H at Hunnerberg, TN & TR Cam 56;Nijmegen, Cemetery O, Cam 12; Andernach 'Agrippastrasse', TN Cam 8/7 Dies 02J01, 02J02, 02J04 FABRICS TN FORMS large platters SOURCE import. DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I (5) Die 02J03 FABRICS TN FORMS small platters SOURCE import. DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I Die 02J04 FABRICS TN FORMS small platters SOURCE import. DATE DISTRIBUTION Sheepen I Die 02K01 FABRICS TN FORMS Cam 8, small platters SOURCE import. DATE AD50-75 DISTRIBUTION Gosbecks; Sheepen I (1), Nijmegen, Cemetery S, TN Cam 8; Hunnerberg, TR Cam 58; Die 02K02 FABRICS TN FORMS Cam 8 SOURCE import. DATE AD50-75 DISTRIBUTION Gosbecks; |