1977.216.3034: Brick Stamp of C. Calpetanus Hermes
Brick Stamps
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.3034
- People
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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
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inscription: C CALPETANI HERMET D EX FIG CAE N / PAETINO ET APRONIAN / COS
(ligatures: AL, HE, ME, AE / AE, TE / )
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inscription: C CALPETANI HERMET D EX FIG CAE N / PAETINO ET APRONIAN / COS
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- Permissions
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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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