Brick Stamp of Coss( ) Amb( ) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1977.216.160
Title: Brick Stamp of Coss( ) Amb( )
Classification: Brick Stamps
Work Type: brick stamp
Date: c. 100 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium
Period: Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture: Roman
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/287496

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Stamped

Dimensions

13.5 x 10.5 x 4.1 cm (5 5/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

stamp and inscription: cos . a]MB SVL

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: From the church of S. Saba, Rome, acquired; by George J. Pfeiffer and Rachel Hartwell Pfeiffer, Cambridge, MA (by 1905), gift; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (1905-1977), transfer; to the Fogg Museum, 1977.
Transfer from Department of the Classics, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection
Accession Year: 1977
Object Number: 1977.216.160
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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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