Red Slip Ware stamped VMBI

[v-drome]

Hi all.  I was not sure which board to list this.  Here is a small fragment of red slip ware from Caesarea Maritima with the potter's stamp VMBI.  Any ideas on reference or date would be appreciated.   I found a French article on stamps from Algeria which referred to the "name VMBI (CVArr, 2385 sq 38a)", but I don't know what that reference means.
Thanks, V-drome.

BCC CG9
Ceramic Fragment
1st - 4nd century CE?
Red slip ware  pottery fragment with ligatured stamp VMBI,
within an incuse rectangle.  From the beach south of
Caesarea Maritima, 1974.
4.65cm.x2.55cm.x0.4cm.

[SC]

First I think this thread should be moved to the Other Antiquities section.  It really deals with a Pottery question and not a stamp question.

Your VMBI stamp is the mark of the potter L. Umbricius who was active in Tuscany.  I have found dates ranging from 10 BC - AD 50, to the narrower AD 15-30.  This latter was given for a stamp very like yours so it is likely best.

http://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/4436/1/Lucentum_07-08_08.pdf

This is true Arretine pottery (1st c AD, Northern Italy) , hence the pre-cursor to the slightly later Terra Sigillata or Samian Ware though they are often grouped together.

It was likely on a small dish.

Such early examples are relatively rare.

Shawn

[quadrans]

Hi Shawn,

It is a very nice article ..

Thanks for sharing..

 Best regards
 Q.

[v-drome]

Very interesting!  Thanks, again, Shawn and Quadrans.

Jimi