Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card reads: "Probably part of the Inskip collection from Henlow."
Event Date
Author: maa

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Context (References)
Inskip, Thomas. (1845). Journal of the British Archaeological Association, vol. 1. pp. 340-341
Event Date 1845
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Field collection)
Excavated in June 1845.
Event Date 6/1845
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Taylor, M.V. (1914). 'Topographical Index of Romano-British Remains' in Page, William (ed.), The Victoria County History of Hertfordshire, vol. IV. p. 159
Event Date 1914
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Analysis)
Taylor (1914) suggests that ''Penlowe Park, Herts.' is perhaps a mistake for Henlow Park, between Shefford and Astwick, Bedfordshire, or Pendley Park in Tring parish' (p.159). Fox (1923) suggests Bedfordshire is more likely, as this is where Inskip was based and where his collection primarily comes from.
Event Date 1914
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Analysis)
Cyril Fox (1923, p. 207) provides a footnote in the Archaeology of the Cambridge Region dedicated to the provenance of this object: 'The evidence for Bedfordshire provenance may therefore be stated. Inskip (1845) describes a Samian dish with graffiti inscribed on the bottom, which was dug up in "Penlowe Park, Herts." Taylor (1914, p. 159) suggests Henlow for "Penlowe". The whole of the Inskip collection obtained, from Shefford [B] and its neighbourhood, is in the Cambridge Museum.'
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. p. 207. pl. XXI no. 1.
Event Date 1923
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Inscription)
A.B. Cook (1923): 'Esico Litullus c(enturio) Commit(t)o Hoxacio (?)' translated as 'I, Litullus, centurion, (send this) to Esicus. I entrust it to Hoxaicus (?)'.
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Analysis)
Mr. A.B. Cook provided Cyril Fox (1923) a translation and notes on the inscription, which Fox summarises as 'a message sent by a Roman centurion to a comrade' (p. 27).
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Description (Physical description)
Samian platter form 18, with graffito in cursive script ' Esico Litullus C committo Hoxaico' (?). Probable translation: I, Litullus centurion, (send this) to Esicus; I entrust it to Hoxaicus(?)
Event Date 29/4/1988
Author: maa

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Context (References)
Collingwood, R.G. and Wright, R.P. (1995). The Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Frere, S.S. and Tomlin, R.S.O. (eds.), Volume II (Instrumentum Domesticum), Fascicule 7 (Graffiti on Samian Ware). RIB 2501 Stroud: Alan Sutton. p. 44 (RIB 2501.172)
Event Date 1995
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Description (Inscription)
R.G. Collingwood (1995): 'IISICO LITVLLVS.C COMMICO LOVSICO' transliterated as 'Esico Litullus C Commico Lousico'
Event Date 1995
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Mullen, A. (2007). 'Linguistic Evidence for ‘Romanization’: Continuity and Change in Romano-British Onomastics: A Study of the Epigraphic Record with Particular Reference to Bath'. Britannia, vol. 380. pp. 41-42
Event Date 2007
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Analysis)
The current interpretation of the inscription is that it represents two men's names, Esico Litullus C. and Commico Lousico, who probably shared ownership of the vessel. (see Roman Inscriptions in Britain 1995 and Mullen 2007)
Event Date 2023
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn