Kay Hartley Mortarium Archive Project

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Table 2 Classification of stamp borders on Roman mortaria with illustrated examples
Photograph images (not to scale) of stamp rubbings with references from Kay Hartley's archive.
1.0 Border-None
The stamp has no border pattern and no frame line.
DARES DIE 1, Guildhall Museum 82k
ALBINVS 1 DIE 6, Leicester 325k
Fine guideline below (or above) letters, is not a Class 2.0 Frame border.
SATVRNINVS 1 DIE 1, Brockley Hill House 368k
Two-line stamp.
2.0 Frame
Letters on the name or letter panel have a line framing them, with no other border pattern. Lines occur on all four sides. Or, lines appear at the top and bottom only, latter often due to the left and right sides being poorly impressed.
ALBINVS 1 DIE 2, Hayes, Kent Frame line sits away from top and bottom of letters.
DOINVS DIE 1, Leicester 239k Frame line sits close against letters.
MORICAMVLVS DIE 1A FECIT, London, Broad St. 30k Frame line only visible at top and bottom of letters.
2.1 Frame-None
Letters have no frame line surrounding and dividing them from the border pattern.
SOLLVS DIE 1, Guildhall Museum 142k
No frame line between name panel and chevron border.
3.0 Ansate End
Handle shape (ansate) on left and right sides of the stamp.
L.ARRIVS CAPIT[ DIE 1, Guildhall Museum 168k
Ansate end extend at stamp edges, dividing lines within handle.
Q. RVTILIVS RIPANVS DIE 2, British Museum 36k
Ansate end extends at stamp edge, dividing line within handle.
Q. RVTILIVS RIPANVS DIE 3, Canterbury 46k
Ansate end extends at stamp edge, X within handle.
MARINVS or MARTINVS DIE 1A FECIT, Leicester 237k
Handle formed by bounding lines, within the stamp impression.
SECVNDVS DIE 1, Silchester 11k
Handle formed by bounding triangles, within the stamp impression.
4.0 Bar
Border divided by bars, alignment varies.
4.1 Bar-Vertical
Bars vertical.
AVDIIX DIE 1, Aylesbury Museum 10k
Top and bottom borders have vertical bars, length of bars may vary between borders.
DOINVS DIE 3A, Guildhall Museum 269k
Bars in top and bottom borders may vary, some thickened at base appear like triangles.
SEXTVS VALERIVS DIE 1, Southwark Cathedral 2k
Short vertical bars can appear like dots, no frame line.
4.2 Bar-Diagonal
Bars diagonal.
MARINVS 1 DIE 2, Verulamium 30k
Top and bottom border diagonals are in same direction.
MARINVS 1 DIE 1A FECIT, Silchester 8k
Top and bottom border diagonals are in same direction.
Left and right border diagonal are in the same direction
MELVS 1 DIE 1, Richborough 18k
Diagonal bar spacing varies, narrower in top border.
4.3 Bar-2Directions
Bars slope in two directions within a single border.
MERTVMARVS DIE 1, Brockley Hill 41k
Central V where bar direction changes.
MATVGENVS 1 DIE 4A FECIT, Corfe Castle
Central V divided by vertical bar as direction changes.
MATVGENVS 1 DIE 5, Verulamium 188k
Central V divided by an X as bar direction changes.
4.4 Bar-Reversed
Bars slope direction reversed in top and bottom border, or left and right sides.
ATEPAC[ 1 DIE 1, Staines 42K
CATVLLVS DIE 3, Westgate Court, Thanet 22K
Border size almost matches letter size.
MATVGENVS 1 DIE 5A FECIT, London, Gresham St. 680k
Bars reversed in left and right borders.
4.5 Bar-Horizontal
Bars horizontal.
AVDIIX DIE 1, Aylesbury Museum 10k
Left border has bars horizontal
MARINVS 1 DIE 8, London 886k
Left border has bars horizontal.
4.6 Bar-Interlocked
Bars interlocked and arranged alternately.
DOCCAS DIE 1, Towcester 6k
Bars interlocked, additional diagonal bars on name panel inside frame line.
4.7 Bar-Dot
Bars with dots within spaces.
CANDIDVS 1 DIE 1, Guildhall Museum 240k
Bars with single dot within spaces, some dots appear triangular
CANDIDVS 1 DIE 1A FECIT, British Museum 125k
Bars with one or two dots within spaces and wavy strands.
BRVSCIVS DIE 1 Mancetter 4 W71 18/8 4
Bars with single dot within spaces.
5.0 Chevron
Repeated V shape chevrons in a row.
SOLLVS DIE 1, Guildhall Museum 142k
Fine lined, angular, symmetrical chevrons, letters have no frame line.
MATVGENVS 1 DIE 5A FECIT, Melandra Castle 8K
Chevron has broken point, does not meet or close. Some may be due to poor impression.
GERMANVS 1 DIE 1, Lewes Museum 5k
Chevron point ill-defined, almost curved appearance, letters have no frame line.
5.1 Chevron-2Directions
Chevrons point in two directions within a single border.
MATVGENVS 1 DIE 2A ALBINI.F, Holditch 9k
Change of direction of chevrons forms a central cross.
5.2 Chevron-Reversed
Chevrons reversed in top and bottom borders, or left and right sides.
Q. RVTILIVS RIPANVS DIE 3, Canterbury 46k
SOLLVS DIE 2, 141k Annetwell Street, Carlisle
5.3 Chevron-Dot
G. ATTIVS MARINVS DIE 2A FECIT, Wilderspool 81k
Chevron with broken point and dots inserted. Diagonal bars on letter panel inside frame line.
6.0 Herringbone
Repeated chevrons along a straight central spine, usually symmetrical.
MAXI DIE 1, Whitton, Castle Hill, Ipswich
Herringbone bars and spine symmetrical.
RAMOTVS DIE 1, London, Gresham Street 639k
Herringbone bars not entirely symmetrical.
6.1 Herringbone-Linked
Repeated chevrons linked by a short line, asymmetrical.
LALLAIVS DIE 1, London, Cheapside 852k
Chevrons linked.
MARINVS 1 DIE 3A FECIT, Castleshaw, Manchester Mus.
Linked chevrons point in two directions in single border with dividing line between.
6.2 Herringbone-Reversed
Chevrons in herringbone reversed in top and bottom borders, or left and right sides.
LOCCIVS PROB(us) DIE 1, Kirton Lindsey 1k
LOCCIVS PROB(us) DIE 2, Shenstone
7.0 Cross
Crosses, separate or joined form lozenges or lattice.
Unattributed FECIT 1, Guildhall Museum 248k
Separate crosses in a row, no frame line.
7.1 Cross-Lozenge
Crosses form linked lozenges.
INCOMPLETE 1, Brockley Hill 269k
Bottom border, regular symmetrical lozenges.
BRVCCIVS DIE 3, Verulamium 149k
Irregular lozenges, no frame line.
7.2 Cross-Lattice
Crosses overlap to form a lattice.
INCOMPLETE 42, Verulamium 323k
Top border lattice, distinguished from cross or lozenge by more than one row.
TMH DIE 1, Verulamium 176k
Top border lattice has square divisions.
8.0 Zig-zag
Zig-zag line.
Trademark 42, Guildhall Museum 271k
Zig-zag line in botton border.
8.1 Zig-zag-Dot
Zig-zag line with dots within spaces.
INCOMPLETE 12, Brockley Hill 268k
Zig-zag line with mainly a single dot within triangular space.
9.0 Strand
One or more wavy strands.
GISSVS DIE 1A FECIT, British Museum 114k
Band of two intertwined wavy strands.
10.0 Circle
Open circles.
MARINVS 1 DIE 4, Guildhall Museum 99k
Open circles linked by interlaced strand, letters have feint guideline, but no frame line.
MARINVS 1 DIE 4A FECIT, London, Plantation Place 753k
Open circles together with chevron on right border.
11.0 Dot
Separate row of dots.
FECIT 9, Itter Crescent, Peterborough 1k
Row of dots on letter panel within frame line and flanked by other border patterns.
MART DIE 1, Verulamium 35k
Row of dots on letter panel within frame line and flanked by other border patterns.
BONOXVS DIE 1, Birmingham Museum 5k
Row of dots on name panel within frame line with no other border pattern.
12.0 Composite
Contains three or more patterns within a single border.
CASTVS DIE 1, Radlett 2k
Composite top border from top to bottom: row of dots, lozenge with dots, zig-zag with dots, row of dots, no frame line. Left border has dots.
CASTVS DIE 1, Radlett 1k
Composite bottom border, from bottom upwards: row of dots, lozenge with dots, chevron, row of dots, no frame line.
13.0 Sawtooth
Triangles in a row.
G. ATTIVS MARINVS DIE 7A FECIT, Manchester 11k
Single row of triangles.
13.1 Sawtooth-double
Two opposing rows of triangles.
SIMILIS 2 DIE 1, Wroxeter 3k
Two opposing rows of triangles.
SIMILIS 2 DIE 1, Leicester 16k
Two opposing rows of triangles, some points offset in places.
14.0 Dashed Line
Line broken into segments.
MINOMELVS DIE 3, 23 Hartshill H60 5B 10
MINOMELVS DIE 3, Hartshill H60 5B 10

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