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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1908.A-C
Title
Stamp of the Officina Furiana of Iulius Senece
Classification
Brick Stamps
Work Type
brick stamp
Date
early 4th century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium
Period
Roman Imperial period, Late
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/286837

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Stamped
Dimensions
10 x 13.5 x 3.3 cm (3 15/16 x 5 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: OF FVRI IVLI SENE / CES / P
    (outer circle has mirror image letters to be read counterclockwise; second line linea recta; third line, horizontal P above CES of second line, mirror image letter facing downwards)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Acquired by Dr. A.S. Pease at Aqua Claudia, near Porta Furba, Rome, 1905/1906.
Gift of A.S. Pease to the Department of the Classics, 1906.
Transfer from 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, Gift of Dr. A. S. Pease
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.1908.A-C
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Terracotta stamp with circular inscription.

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

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