Harvard Art Museums > 2008.74: Brick Stamp of Fortunatus, slave of Q. Oppius Iustus 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 Fortunatus, slave of Q. Oppius Iustus , 2008.74,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/175607. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.74 Title Brick Stamp of Fortunatus, slave of Q. Oppius Iustus Classification Brick Stamps Work Type brick stamp Date 126 CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium Period Roman Imperial period, Middle Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/175607 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Stamped Dimensions 27 x 14.9 x 4.8 cm (10 5/8 x 5 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks stamp and inscription: Q OPPI IUSTI FORTUNAT SER FEC / VERO III ET AMB / COS Provenance Recorded Ownership History Found by Mason Hammond at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, in a hypocaust room in the southwest corner of a large peristyle above the large baths; May 1952. Gift of Mason Hammond to McDaniel Collection, September 1959. 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 2008.74 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: Q OPPI IVSTI FORTVNAT SER FEC / VERO III ET AMB / COS ("Fortunatus, slave of Quintus Oppius Iustus, made (this), in the third consulship of Verus and the first of Ambibulus"). The stamp marks the brick as a product of Fortunatus, the slave of the yard-master Quintus Oppius Iustus, in the year 126 CE. Oppius was a yard-master for both the elder and younger Domitiae Lucillae, mother and daughter. Domitia Lucilla the daughter 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. Publication History John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 57. 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
