sigillata gallic ceramic bowl with stamp

MAC OLE-00688
Object type bowl
Fabric South Gaulish terra sigillata
Culture/period Roman
Materials pottery
Technique wheel-thrown
Mint
Production date 1 / 100
Current location Reserves
Archaeological site Olèrdola. Cisterna-pedrera (sector 03)
Township Olèrdola (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Alt Penedès)
Dimensions 50 mm
Description
Foot of a vessel with an inscription in a cartouche (sigillum) with epigraphic stamp: OF.IVCVND . The seal is surrounded by two concentric circles. Reddish clay, hard, with some vacuoles. Matt red varnish, well spread. Manufactured in the Graufesenque workshops (France). It comes from a chance find in 1997 and was located on the terraces near the church of Sant Miquel. There are specimens in the Culip shipwreck, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula and in the conventus cluniensis (Castro Urdiales, Santa Maria del Juncal, Iuliobriga...).
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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2317