Lyon is believed to be a main centre for the production of early provincial sigillata. A kiln site has been excavated at La Muette (Lasfargues et al. 1976).
This catalogue lists the occurrence of some items from this source recorded by the author in the course of the study. Whilst the distribution of this ware in Britain was not researched exhaustively it is thought that this list may be a useful resource.
Fulford, M.G. and Timby, J. 2000. Late Iron Age and Roman Silchester. Excavations on the site of the Forum-Basilica 1977, 1980-86, Britannia Monograph Series 15, Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, London.
Bird, J. 2000b. Summary, in M.G. Fulford and J. Timby, Late Iron Age and Roman Silchester. Excavations on the site of the Forum-Basilica 1977, 1980-86, Britannia Monograph Series 15, Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, London, 183-7.
Site type: Major civil centre.
A range of early Gaulish sigillata was recovered which is thought to originate mainly from the Lyons area (Bird 2000b). Bird states: "The early Gaulish products consist of thirty-nine sherds on a simple count" (2000b, 184).
Forms present:
(Conspectus forms 14, 22, and 31).
(Conspectus forms 18.2, and ?19).
Martin, E. 1988. Burgh: The Iron Age and Roman Enclosure, East Anglian Archaeology, Report 40, Suffolk County Planning Department, Suffolk County Council.
Dickinson, B.M. and Hartley, B.R. 1988. Samian pottery, in E. Martin, Burgh: The Iron Age and Roman Enclosure, East Anglian Archaeology, Report 40, Suffolk County Planning Department, Suffolk County Council, 30-4.
Site type: Iron Age enclosure with conquest period 'occupation' and subsequent Roman period activity, with a potential villa.
A Loeschcke 8 cup in "provincial Arretine fabric" was represented amongst sigillata recovered during the excavations of 1947-57; this is thought to be an early example of the form, "c. AD 1-25" (Dickinson and Hartley 1988, 30); a further fragment of "provincial Arretine" was also recovered during the excavations of 1947-57 (Dickinson and Hartley 1988, 32). [Identification BMD and BRH].
Dannell, G.B. 1971. The samian pottery, in B.W. Cunliffe, Excavations at Fishbourne 1961-1969. Volume 2. The Finds, Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 27, Leeds, 260-316.
The excavations yielded a significant assemblage of "Proto-South Gaulish" and "early South Gaulish" samian, which is listed illustrated and discussed by Dannell (1971, 260-6) where full details are presented. The following forms are reported:
'Proto-South Gaulish':
'Early South Gaulish':
Rudkin, D.J. 1985. Excavations at the Roman Palace, Fishbourne 1983, Sussex Archaeological Collections 123, 256-9.
A Ritterling 5, in South Gaulish fabric and of Tiberio-Claudian date was recovered from site context 23a in the area of the north wing of the proto-palace (page 257, Fig, 21 No. 2). [Identification GBD].
The recent excavations at Fishbourne, to the east of the palace, have produced a collection of pre-Claudian sigillata ware items, a number of which are examples of early provincial output.