Fragmentary terra sigillata bowl (La Graufesenque), with interior stamp, Cirencester, Gloucestershire Alison E. Cooley AEC/ASHL AN1960.1151.xml Oxford Ashmolean Museum AN1960.1151 AshLI 360

Fragment from the base of a terra sigillata bowl, form Drag.27.

Dimensions: 0.021 Base, diameter: 0.045+; overall diameter: 0.035+

The stamp is within a rectangular cartouche (0.003, 0.012) in the middle of the inner surface. The letters EN are ligatured.

 Letters: 0.002 La Graufesenque AD 50-75? (Hartley and Dickinson 2011: p.28) Originally found in Cirencester, according to the Accession Register. It is currently in store Photograph
Officina Passeni

Production unit of Passenus

The name may be Passenus or Passienus.

This fragment of terra sigillata Samian ware was produced in southern Gaul at La Graufesenque (Hartley and Dickinson 2011: pp.12-30). The potter’s name appears both as Passenus and Passienus.

Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS. Accession Register 1960.1151; Hartley and Dickinson (2011) p.17 no.18b

Hartley B.R. Dickinson B.M. 2011 Names of Terra Sigillata. An index of makers’ stamps & signatures on Gallo-Roman terra sigillata (Samian Ware) Vol 7. (P to RXEAD) London BICS Suppl. 102-07