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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.58
Title
Brick Stamp from the Platanian Brickyards
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/326485

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Stamped
Dimensions
18.3 x 9.4 x 4 cm (7 3/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp and inscription: APR ET PAE COS / CL CELSI DO

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Probably found by Herbert Bloch at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, before 1938.
Gift of Herbert Bloch to McDaniel Collection, 2003.

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
2008.58
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Stamp of incuse letters, arranged in a two-line rectangle without a border, with Latin text: APR ET PAE COS / CL CELSI DO ("In the consulship of Apronianus and Paetus, a brick of (Tiberius) Claudius Celsus.").This stamp comes from the Platanian Brickfields, which were in 123 CE in the possession of Tiberius Claudius Celsus when this brick was produced.

Verification Level

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