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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.3034
People
C. Calpetanus Hermes, Roman
Title
Brick Stamp of C. Calpetanus Hermes
Classification
Brick Stamps
Work Type
brick stamp
Date
123 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290156

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Stamped
Dimensions
14 x 15 x 5 cm (5 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: C CALPETANI HERMET D EX FIG CAE N / PAETINO ET APRONIAN / COS
    (ligatures: AL, HE, ME, AE / AE, TE / )

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Probably acquired by Henry W. Haynes in or near Rome, c. 1877.
Bequest of Henry W. Haynes to the Department of the Classics, 1912.
Transfer from the 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, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.3034
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Orbicular stamp. C. Calpetanus Hermes seems to be a freedman of C. Calpetanus Favor; he is named as a slave (Hermetis C. Calpetani Faoris or Favoris) in older brickstamps but here bears the name of a freedman. Another stamp (CIL XV, 1 318) shows that he was the officinator of the imperial Marcian clayfields (EX FIG MARCIANIS CAES N.) in 123 CE, the simpler form of which, the 'imperial clayfields' (EX FIG CAE N), is given here.

Publication History

  • John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 54.

Verification Level

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