2008.58: Brick Stamp from the Platanian Brickyards

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2008.58

Title

Brick Stamp from the Platanian Brickyards

Classification

Brick Stamps

Work Type

brick stamp

Date

123 CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium

Period

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/326485

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Stamped

Dimensions

18.3 x 9.4 x 4 cm (7 3/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp and inscription: APR ET PAE COS / CL CELSI DO

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Probably found by Herbert Bloch at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, before 1938.
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

2008.58

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Stamp of incuse letters, arranged in a two-line rectangle without a border, with Latin text: APR ET PAE COS / CL CELSI DO ("In the consulship of Apronianus and Paetus, a brick of (Tiberius) Claudius Celsus.").This stamp comes from the Platanian Brickfields, which were in 123 CE in the possession of Tiberius Claudius Celsus when this brick was produced.

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