A DRESSEL 20 TITULUS PICTUS FROM ALCESTER, WARWICKSHIRE.
Author(s): P Funari, D F Williams
During excavations at Alcester, Warwickshire, in 1965, most of a globular amphora was found which contained on the outer surface a titulus pictus in black paint and a graffito which had been scratched into the clay before the vessel was fired in the kiln (Alc 65 DII 29a). The inscription and graffito were published the following year (White, 1966; see Note 1). Since this date our knowledge of the typology of the Dressel 20 form and the range of inscriptions associated with it have increased considerably (Martin-Kilcher, 1983; Rodriguez-Almeida, 1986; Funari, in press). It is therefore the purposed of this brief note to re-examine both the inscription and graffito and the actual amphora itself, in the light of our present understanding of these matters. The writers would like to express their gratitude to Alcester Archaeological Unit for kindly providing for study detailed drawing of the amphora, inscriptions and graffito and for making available a small sample for petrological analysis.
- Report Number:
- 30/1990
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 12
- Keywords:
- Ceramic Petrology Pottery
