Samian cup with graffito
The scratched writing on this samian cup reads ‘L IVLI IPPONIA’ which means ‘the property of Lucius Julius Hipponicus’. This is the earliest evidence for a named individual in Exeter.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 860/1989/4
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- potterysamian ware
- Common Name
- samian cup with graffito
- Simple Name
- vessel (sherd)
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
- Production Year Low
- 55
- Production Year High
- 65
