Fragment of terra sigillata (Lezoux), with exterior stamp, Wanborough, Wiltshire Alison E. Cooley AEC/ASHL AN1960.1140.xml Oxford Ashmolean Museum AN1960.1140 AshLI 358

Curved fragment of a terra sigillata decorative bowl Drag.37.

Dimensions: 0.055+ 0.04+ 0.006

There is a decorative motif on the front (the tail of a dolphin), within a circular medallion frame, which is separated by a border from the maker’s mark, below.

 Letters: 0.005 Lezoux AD 145-175 (Hartley and Dickinson 2008: p.143) According to the Accession Register, the fragment was found at Wanborough, and was given to the Ashmolean from the collection of Arthur Dennis Passmore (1877–1958), an archaeologist and antiquarian from Swindon, who was a member of several scholarly societies, including the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History and Prehistoric Societies and British Numismatic Society (Phillips 2004). It is currently in store. Photograph Photograph: reverse
Albuci

Of Albucius

This is the manufacturing mark of the potter identified as Albucius ii, based at Lezoux, a major centre for Samian production in central Gaul (Hartley and Dickinson 2008: p.143).

Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS. Accession Register 1960.1140

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. 1 (A to AXO) BICS Suppl. 102-07 London Phillips L. 2004 An Investigation into the Life of A.D. Passmore, “A Most Curious Specimen” Wiltshire Studies Journal 97 273-92