Harvard Art Museums > 2008.73: Brick Stamp of Dionysius, slave of Domitia Lucilla Minor Brick Stamps Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Brick Stamp of Dionysius, slave of Domitia Lucilla Minor , 2008.73,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/175484. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.73 Title Brick Stamp of Dionysius, slave of Domitia Lucilla Minor 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/175484 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Stamped Dimensions 25.5 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks stamp and inscription: PAET E APR COS / OP D DIONYS DOMIT P F LUCIL Provenance Recorded Ownership History Mason Hammond, Cambridge, MA (1969-1970), gift; to the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Harvard University Classics Department, Cambridge, MA (1970-2008), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums. NB. From M. Hammond: Brickstamp found in Dec. 1969 in a pile of broken pieces from recent excavations in the "courtyard" and "palaestra" of the Large Baths at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli. The pile was behind the room marked "caldarium H" on the plan in Herbert Bloch, "Bolli Laterizi", II p. 136. 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 2008.73 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Orbicular stamp, with Latin text PAET ET APR COS / OP D DIONYS DOMIT P F LUCIL ("In the consulship of Paetinus and Apronianus, a brick of Domitia Lucilla, daughter of Publius Domitius, made by Dionysius"). The stamp marks this brick as a product of Dionysius, yard-master in the brickyards of Domitia Lucilla the younger. His employment in those yards is explicitly attested for the years 123 and 124 CE. Domitia Lucilla married M. Annius Verus, son of the consul of 126 CE, and was mother of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, who by inheritance brought these brickyards into the imperial patrimony around 155 CE. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
