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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.57
Title
Brick Stamp of Q. Servilius Pudens
Classification
Brick Stamps
Work Type
brick stamp
Date
139 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/326484

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Stamped
Dimensions
13.9 x 11.1 x 2.9 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp and inscription: IMP T ANTONINO [aug. pi]O II COS / EX FIG Q SE[rv pu]D PER / ABA[sc]ANT

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Probably found by Herbert Bloch at the villa known as "Sette Bassi" in the Roman Campagna, 1957.
Gift of Herbert Bloch to McDaniel Collection, 2003.

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
2008.57
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Partially preserved orbicular stamp, with Latin text IMP T ANTONINO [aug pi]O II COS / EX FIG Q SE[rv pu]D PER / ABA[sc]ANT ("In the second consulship of the emperor T. Antoninus Pius, from the brickyards of Q. Servilius Pudens, by Abascantus"). This brick stamp was produced by the foreman Abascantus, a slave or possibly an independent leaseholder on the brickyards of Q. Servilius Pudens, in the reign of Antoninus Pius. The brick may be dated, on the basis of the stamp which gives the consular date for the year, to 139 CE.

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