Brick Stamp of the Ponticulan Brickyards of the Severan Emperors

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1977.216.174
Title: Brick Stamp of the Ponticulan Brickyards of the Severan Emperors
Classification: Brick Stamps
Work Type: brick stamp
Date: 212-217 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium
Period: Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture: Roman
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/287704

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Stamped

Dimensions

23 x 21 x 4 cm (9 1/16 x 8 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: OP DOL EX PRAED AUG N FIG/LIN PONTICLANAS / (star or sun between the horns of a crescent moon)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Acquired by George Pfeiffer in Rome, from the Aurelianic Wall, before 1905.
Gift of George Pfeiffer to the Department of the Classics, 1905.
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 Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection
Accession Year: 1977
Object Number: 1977.216.174
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 55.

Verification Level

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