Context (Field collection)
Found: Shire Hall excavations. Excavated in 1983
Event Date 1983
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Stone oculist's stamp. Inscriptions: 'MARINI CAES' and 'L IVL.SALVTARIS PE NICILLVM AD LIPPITVIM'.
Event Date 1984
Author: maa

Context (References)
Jackon, Ralph. (1990). 'A New Collyrium Stamp for Cambridge and A Corrected Reading of the Stamp from Caistor-by-Norwich'. Britannia Volume 21. pp. 275-283. p. 276-278 , Table. 1 no. 5, Fig. 3, pl. XXVI A and B.
Event Date 1991
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Inscription)
Translation of inscription: 'The Collyrium of Lucius Julius Salutaris, to be applied with a fine brush, for inflamation of the eyes'
First part of inscription MARINI CAES can be expanded to marini caes(arianum), which translates as 'the Collyrium  according to the recipe of Marinus'.
The remaining inscription can be expanded to L(ucii) Jul(ii) Salutaris penicillum ad lippitud(inem).


Event Date 1991
Author: maa

Description (Inscription)
Transcription (by Muriel Labonnelie):
a L*IVL*SALVTARISPE|NICILLVMADLIPPITVḌ←
c MARINICAES|

Developed transcription (by Muriel Labonnelie):
a L(ucii)*IVL(ii)*SALVTARIS PE|NICILLVM AD LIPPITVḌ(inem)
c MARINI CAES(arianum)|

Translation (by Muriel Labonnelie):
a Lucius Iulius Salutaris’s, with small brush, for eye disease
c Marinus’s, Caesarian
Event Date 10/8/2023
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Muriel Labonnelie contacted MAA in July 2023 and provided additional details on the transliteration and translation of the stamp. These have been added to the database record.
Event Date 10/8/2023
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson