1977.216.3030: Brick Stamp of the Diocletianic Period

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.216.3030

Title

Brick Stamp of the Diocletianic Period

Classification

Brick Stamps

Work Type

brick stamp

Date

4th century CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium

Period

Roman Imperial period, Late

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/290146

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Stamped

Dimensions

11.3 x 14.5 x 4.2 cm (4 7/16 x 5 11/16 x 1 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Inscription: S P C / OF [.V.] / S. I
  Lettering almost completely worn off. Line 2 perhaps FVR(iana)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Probably acquired by Henry W. Haynes in or near Rome, c. 1877.
Bequest of Henry W. Haynes to the Department of the Classics, 1912.
Transfer from the 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, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912

Accession Year

1977

Object Number

1977.216.3030

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Circular stamp, almost completely chipped away, but clearly of the Diocletianic period, possibly of the officina Furiana.

Publication History

• John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 58.

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