Terra sigillata cup (La Graufesenque), with interior stamp, of unknown provenance Alison E. Cooley AEC/ASHL AN1874.499.xml Oxford Ashmolean Museum AN1874.499 AshLI 305 Coll. Ref: 219

A complete terra sigillata cup (0.04; diameter of cup 0.082; diameter of base 0.038), in excellent condition.

The stamp is within a rectangular cartouche (0.003 0.015, in the middle of the inner surface.

0.002 AD 60-85 (Hartley and Dickinson 2008: p.321) It is of unknown provenance. It was given to the Ashmolean by J. Henderson, MA (Accession Register). photograph photograph
Dontio fecit

Dontio made this.

The name seems to be that of Dontio, a potter based at La Graufesenque in southern Gaul (Hartley and Dickinson 2008: p.319-21), but is also sometimes read as Pontius or Pontus.

Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS. Accession Register 1874.499(219); Hartley and Dickinson (2008) p.319, 10a

Hartley B.R. Dickinson B.M. 2008 Names on Terra Sigillata. An index of makers’ stamps & signatures on Gallo-Roman terra sigillata (Samian Ware) Vol. 3 (CERTIANUS to EXSOBANO) BICS Suppl. 102-9 London