Fragmentary terra sigillata dish (La Graufesenque), with interior stamp, Cirencester, Gloucestershire Alison E. Cooley AEC/ASHL AN1960.1159.xml Oxford Ashmolean Museum AN1960.1159 AshLI 364

A fragment from the base of a terra sigillata dish, form Drag.18.

Diameter of base: 0.08+. Overall:0.025+ 0.10+

The stamp appears within a rectangular cartouche (0.003 0.019) in the middle of the inner surface. As is typical of this stamp, the F is not clearly imprinted (Hartley and Dickinson 2011: p.182 n.89).

 Letters: 0.002 La Graufesenque AD 60-90 (Hartley and Dickinson 2011: p.181) Originally found in Cirencester, according to the Accession Register. It was given to the Ashmolean by Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941), from the collection of his father Sir John Evans. It has a label in ink ‘1867’, which is perhaps when it entered Sir John Evans’ collection. It is currently in store Photograph
Secundus F

Secundus made this

The potter known as Secundus ii (Hartley and Dickinson 2011: pp.170-82) was mainly active at the major centre for terra sigillata production at La Graufesenque in southern Gaul.

Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS. Accession Register 1960.1159; Hartley and Dickinson (2011) p.178 no.25a

http://www.rgzm.de/samian/home/frames.htm ID 131560 [accessed 07/11/16]

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 8. (S to SYMPHORUS) London BICS Suppl. 102-08