| Sumario: | The aim of this paper is to propose a new interpretation of the circular epigraphic band that appears on a fragment of Spanish terra sigillata vase from La Cereceda pottery center (Arenzana de Arriba, La Rioja). We understand that the term forma must be interpreted as an element of the ex forma legal formula, which means «according to decree, law or regulation». From here on we suggest the following epigraphic reconstruction: [--- ex] forma [ab I]mperatore Caesare Domitiano [Augusto data/iussa ---]. The conserved text takes up approximately a third of the original inscription and the specific object regulated by Domitian would have been detailed in the missing part. In any case, it would have had to do with some legal fact of great interest to Tritium Magallum. This vase is related to another one found in Segóbriga, whose inscription could be reconstructed in the same way; both of them having the epigraphic bands of the Verdullus vases as a direct antecedent, which commemorated important events in the municipium of Calagurris. On the other hand, we contextualize this finding in relation to other vases produced in La Cereceda, which are decorated with busts of members of the Flavian Dynasty. In these vases the presence of Domitian is significant. Both the ones with an intra-decorative inscription and those that carry imperial effigies of this dynasty would have stemmed from a local initiative and were fashioned to commemorate and acknowledge the Domitian’s provision in favour of Tritium Magallum. In our opinion, it would be concerned with the promotion of this local community to municipium. Although tritium might have received a provisional regulation under Vespasian, it would have formalized its status of municipium under Domitian. This is what the non-preserved part of La Cereceda vase would have referred to.
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