Fragmentary terra sigillata cup (Lezoux), with interior stamp, Cirencester (Gloucestershire) Alison E. Cooley AEC/ASHL AN1960.1160.xml Oxford Ashmolean Museum AN1960.1160 AshLI 365

A fragment from the base of a terra sigillata cup, form Drag.33.

Diameter of base: 0.055. Overall:0.018+ 0.063

The stampis within a rectangular cartouche (0.004 0.023) in the middle of the inner surface. The A lacks a cross-bar. The final small letter C is perhaps an incomplete O.

 Letters: 0.003 Originally found in Cirencester, according to the Accession Register. AD 150-175 (Hartley and Dickinson 2009: p.253) 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 is currently in store Photograph
Mansueti officina

Production-unit of Mansuetus

The potter known as Mansuetus ii worked mainly at Lezoux, a major centre for Samian production in central Gaul (Hartley and Dickinson 2009: pp.251-53). The final letter in the stamp may represent an interpunct rather than the O in o(fficina) or a nominative name.

Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS. Accession Register 1960.1160; Hartley and Dickinson 2009: p.251 no.2a

http://www.rgzm.de/samian/home/frames.htm ID 87452 [accessed 07/11/16]

Hartley B.R. Dickinson B.M. 2009 Names on Terra Sigillata. An index of makers’ stamps & signatures on Gallo-Roman terra sigillata (Samian Ware) Vol. 5 (L to MASCLUS I) BICS Suppl. 102-5 London