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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
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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

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