Harvard Art Museums > 2008.72: Stamp of Lanius Rufinus Brick Stamps Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Stamp of Lanius Rufinus , 2008.72,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/175485. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.72 Title Stamp of Lanius Rufinus Classification Brick Stamps Work Type brick stamp Date early 3rd cent. CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium Period Roman Imperial period, Middle Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/175485 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Stamped Dimensions 12 x 12.8 x 4 cm (4 3/4 x 5 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks stamp and inscription: [o]P DOL EX PR A[ugg nn fig su] / [pe]RIOR LA[ni rufini] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Found by Mason Hammond at Ostia, 1939. Gift of Mason Hammond to McDaniel Collection, September 1959. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University Accession Year 2008 Object Number 2008.72 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Orbicular stamp, mostly lost, with Latin text [o]P DOL EX PR A[ugg nn fig su] / [pe]RIOR LA[ni rufini] ("Brick from the estates of the co-emperors, at the brickyards known as the Superiores, of Lanius Rufinus"). The stamp, although broken, can be identified as one from the Figlinae Superiores under the management of Lanius Rufinus. The stamp comes from yards which were part of the property of Septimius and Caracalla as joint Augusti. The location of the Figlinae Superiores is not known. The bricks are found regularly in Rome and surrounding areas, including the Severan repairs to the Pantheon and the Baths of Caracalla. Publication History John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 55. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
