Sigillata bowl with external stamp, Shakenoak, Oxfordshire Alison E. Cooley AEC/ASHL AN1973.876.xml Oxford Ashmolean Museum AN1973.876 AshLI 382

A fragment of a decorated Samian ware bowl, form Dragendorff 30, with its rim partially preserved (0.008+ 0.045+ 0.006). There is a decorative border at the top, and a draped figure to the left of the stamp. To its right are traces of a figure with raised arm.

The stamp of the potter Albucius appears vertically in the field.

 0.005 Shakenoak, Oxfordshire AD 145-180 (Hartley and Dickinson 2008: p.143) This bowl was found along with other pieces of pottery and small objects in Building A at the Roman Villa at Shakenoak Farm, North Leigh, Oxfordshire, excavated by A.C. Brodribb, A.R. Hands, and D.R. Walker. The date 13/7/66 appears on it in pencil. It is currently on display in the Rome Gallery. Photograph Photograph
Albuci

Of Albucius.

This pottery bowl was produced at Lezoux, a major centre for Samian production in central Gaul. Building A at Shakenoak was agricultural and industrial in character (with evidence for iron working) rather than domestic. The Samian ware found in this building was predominantly plain, and this fragment may have strayed here from Building B (Brodribb, Hands, Walker 1968: pp.13, 17-18; 2005: p.24).

Brodribb, Hands, Walker (1968) p.46, fig.13 no.17; Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS. Accession Register 1973.876; Brodribb, Hands, Walker (2005) p.24, fig.I.13 no.17; Hartley and Dickinson (2008) p.141 6h

Brodribb A.C.C. Hands A.R. Walker D.R. 1968 Excavations at Shakenoak Farm, near Wilcote, Oxfordshire. Part 1: Sites A & D Privately printed Brodribb A.C.C. Hands A.R. Walker D.R. 2005 The Roman Villa at Shakenoak Farm, Oxfordshire. Excavations 1960-1976 Oxford BAR British Series 395: Archaeopress Hartley B.R. Dickinson B.M. 2008 Names of Terra Sigillata. An index of makers’ stamps & signatures on Gallo-Roman terra sigillata (Samian Ware) Vol 1. (A to AXO) London BICS Suppl. 102-07