Fragmentary terra sigillata base (La Graufesenque), with interior stamp, Cirencester (Gloucestershire) Alison E. Cooley AEC/ASHL AN1927.6603.xml Oxford Ashmolean Museum AN1927.6603 AshLI 325

A terra sigillata fragment from the base of a bowl or possibly a cup. (Base diameter, 0.052; overall 0.06 0.091+ (upper rim is preserved))

The stamp is contained within a rectangular cartouche with rounded ends (0.005 0.019), in the centre of the inner surface.

 0.004 Cirencester AD 65-85 (Hartley and Dickinson 2008: pp.85-86) This fragment was found at Cirencester (Gloucestershire), and was given to the Ashmolean by the curator of Cirencester Museum, Captain Charles Abbott on 4th June 1866 (Accession Register). photograph
Bissuni

Of Bissunus.

This fragment of terra sigillata Samian ware was produced in southern Gaul at La Graufesenque. The pottery produced by Bissunus was mainly distributed to the Germanies and Britain (Hartley and Dickinson 2008: pp.85-86).

Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS. Accession Register 1927.6603; Hartley and Dickinson 2008: pp.85-86

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