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Ashmolean Non-Monumental Latin Inscriptions 30-Apr-19 Ashmolean Non-Monumental Latin Inscriptions BRICKSTAMPS AshLI 178 TN1864 Brickstamp Description A large complete rectangular brick, with a stamp in hollowed retrograde letters on two lines. Dimensions • Letters: line 1, h., 0.027; line 2, h., 0.025 • Brick: h., 0.223; w., 0.233; d., 0.038 Text VIN PAN SVL/ PI Vin(ici) Pan(tagathi) Sul(picianum)/Pi(---) Translation ‘Sulpician product of Vinicius Pantagathus. Pi(---)’ Photograph • ASHLI Apparatus Date • AD c.120 (Steinby 1974-75: p.91) Collection history This stamp has a temporary accession number (and object barcode ODS9-3396), and is found in storage box CDS9-345. No further information about its provenance is available. Historical notes This stamp belongs to the same series as CIL XV 565, stamps from the figlianae Sulpicianae. In other examples, the second line of the stamp contains the initials of one of his workmen: PI is otherwise unknown. Bibliography Editions Unpublished. Works cited • Steinby, M. (1974-75) ‘La cronologia delle figlinae doliari urbane’, Bullettino della commissione archeologica comunale di Roma 84: 25-132 1 30-Apr-19 AshLI 179 1872.1482(1) (no.364) Brickstamp, Portus Description A circular, orbicular stamp, slightly damaged, with a large orbiculus extending into the central section of the stamp. There is one line of text around the edge of the stamp, and in the centre is a canine animal (interpreted by Dressel 1891 as a wolf, whilst Lanciani 1868: p.174 considered it to be a dog), walking to the right, with one front paw raised. It seems likely that it should be viewed as a wolf (lupus), punning upon the name of its producer (Bodel 2005). There are small triangular interpuncts. For other similar stamps, see also 1872.1483(1*) (no.365), 1872.1484(2) (no.366), 1872.1485(3) (no.367), 1872.1486(4) (no.368). Dimensions • Stamp: diameter, 0.095. Letters: h., 0.012. Orbiculus: diameter, 0.04. • Brick: h., 0.115+; w., 0.115+; d., 0.03+ Text BRV[T] M R L HAST VOP COS Bru[t](iana) M(arci) R(utili) L(upi) Hast(a) Vop(isco) co(n)s(ulibus) Translation ‘Brutian product of Marcus Rutilius Lupus. In the consulship of Hasta and Vopiscus.’ Photograph • ASHLI • RTI Apparatus • EDCS: Brut(iana tegula) M(arci) R(utili) L(upi) Brut(iana) Hast(a) Vop(isco) co(n)s(ulibus) Date • AD 114 (consular date) Collection history This brickstamp is part of a collection of brickstamps from Rome, Ostia, and Portus given to the Ashmolean by J.H. Parker, Keeper of Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum (1870-84), after a visit to Rome in the winter months of 1871/2. According to Dressel (1891) and Lanciani (1868: p.174), it was found in the ‘palazzo imperiale’/ ‘imperial palace’ at Portus (cf. Bloch 1938: p.101 no.12; Thylander 1952: p.434 B386.1). It is currently in store. Historical notes M. Rutilius Lupus is the earliest known owner of the Brutian brickyards (figlinae Brutianae) (Steinby 1974-75: pp.27-28; Bodel 2005), and he is an important figure in the development of the practice of stamping bricks. He is identified with a high-ranking equestrian, annona- prefect (AD 107-112) and then prefect of Egypt (AD 113-117) (PIR2 R252). At this date, the practice of identifying the date of brickstamps by the year’s consuls appears to have been unique to Rutilius Lupus, although it later became common practice for a short time, during the period AD 123-136. The wolf-motif in the centre of the stamp alludes to the Latin word lupus (wolf), clearly alluding to none other than Rutilius Lupus himself. Bodel suggests that these two distinguishing marks (consular date and wolf-motif) were used as a way of tracking 2 30-Apr-19 brick production during Rutilius Lupus’ four-year absence from Rome in Egypt (Bodel 2005: p.67). This brickstamp belongs to the first building phase of the so-called ‘imperial palace’ at Portus, a large complex at the centre of the Trajanic harbour installation, which appears to have been constructed in the later years of Trajan’s rule (Keay, Earl, Felici 2011: p.67, 84- 86). Bibliography Editions Lanciani 1868: p.174; Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS. Accession Register 1872.1482(1); CIL XV.1 no.19, a.4 (from an impression sent by Waldstein) (Dressel 1891); Bloch 1938: p.101 no.12; Thylander 1952: p.434 B386.1; Steinby 1978: vol.1, p.47 no.32.IV Online: • EDCS-30100380 [accessed 20/10/14] Works cited • Bloch, H. (1938) I bolli laterizi e la storia edilizia romana (Rome: C. Colombo) • Bodel, J. (2005) ‘Speaking signa and the brickstamps of M. Rutilius Lupus’, in Interpretare i bolli laterizi di Roma e della valle del Tevere: produzione, storia economica e topografica, ed. C. Bruun (Rome: Acta Instituti Romani Finlandiae 32) 61-94 • Keay, S., Earl, G., Felici, F. (2011) ‘Excavation and survey at the Palazzo Imperiale 2007-9’ in Portus and its Hinterland, eds S. Keay and L. Paroli (London: Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome 18) 67-91 • Lanciani, R.A. (1868) ‘Ricerche topografiche sulla città di Porto’, Annali dell’ Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica 40: 144-95 • Steinby, M. (1974-75) ‘La cronologia delle figlinae doliari urbane’, Bullettino della commissione archeologica comunale di Roma 84: 25-132 • Steinby, M. (1978) Lateres Signati Ostienses (Rome: Acta Instituti Romani Finlandiae 7.1) • Thylander, H. (1952) Inscriptions du port d’Ostie (Lund: Gleerup) AshLI 180 1872.1483(1*) (no.365) Brickstamp, Rome Description A circular, orbicular brickstamp, with a large orbiculus extending into the central section of the stamp. There is one line of text around the edge of the stamp, and there are very faint traces of a wolf in the centre, punning upon the name of the producer, Rutilius Lupus (Bodel 2005). The brick is damaged on all sides, and its text faded in places, but is analogous in type to the better preserved 1872.1482(1) (no.364). For other similar stamps, see also 1872.1484(2) (no.366), 1872.1485(3) (no.367), 1872.1486(4) (no.368). Dimensions • Stamp: diameter, 0.094. Letters: h., 0.016. Orbiculus: diameter, 0.046. • Brick: h., 0.10+; w., 0.12+; d., 0.03+ Text [B]RVT M R L HAST [V]OP [COS] [B]rut(iana) M(arci) R(utili) L(upi) Hast(a) [V]op(isco) [co(n)s(ulibus)] 3 30-Apr-19 Translation ‘Brutian product of Marcus Rutilius Lupus. In the consulship of Hasta and Vopiscus.’ Photograph • ASHLI Apparatus • EDH: Brut(iana) M(arci) R(utili) L(upi) Brut(iana) Hast(a) Vop(isco) co(n)s(ulibus) Date • AD 114 (consular date) Collection history This brickstamp is part of a collection of brickstamps from Rome, Ostia, and Portus given to the Ashmolean by J.H. Parker, Keeper of Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum (1870-84), after a visit to Rome in the winter months of 1871/2. It is currently in store. Historical notes M. Rutilius Lupus is the earliest known owner of the Brutian brickyards (figlinae Brutianae) (Steinby 1974-75: pp.27-28; Bodel 2005), and he is an important figure in the development of the practice of stamping bricks. He is identified with a high-ranking equestrian, annona- prefect (AD 107-112) and then prefect of Egypt (AD 113-117) (PIR2 R252). At this date, the practice of identifying the date of brickstamps by the year’s consuls appears to have been unique to Rutilius Lupus, although it later became common practice for a short time, during the period AD 123-136. The wolf-motif in the centre of the stamp alludes to the Latin word lupus (wolf), clearly alluding to none other than Rutilius Lupus himself. Bodel suggests that these two distinguishing marks (consular date and wolf-motif) were used as a way of tracking brick production during Rutilius Lupus’ four-year absence from Rome in Egypt (Bodel 2005: p.67). Bibliography Editions Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS. Accession Register 1872.1483 (1*); CIL XV.1 no.19, a.6 (from an impression sent by Waldstein) (Dressel 1891) Online: • EDCS-30100259 [accessed 30/10/14] Works cited • Bodel, J. (2005) ‘Speaking signa and the brickstamps of M. Rutilius Lupus’, in Interpretare i bolli laterizi di Roma e della valle del Tevere: produzione, storia economica e topografica, ed. C. Bruun (Rome: Acta Instituti Romani Finlandiae 32) 61-94 • Steinby, M. (1974-75) ‘La cronologia delle figlinae doliari urbane’, Bullettino della commissione archeologica comunale di Roma 84: 25-132 AshLI 181 1872.1484(2) (no.366) Brickstamp, Portus Description A circular, orbicular brickstamp, with a large orbiculus extending into the central section of the stamp. In the centre is a canine animal (interpreted by Dressel 1891 as a wolf, whilst 4 30-Apr-19 Lanciani 1868: p.174 considered it to be a dog), walking to the right, with one front paw raised. It seems likely that it should be viewed as a wolf (lupus), punning upon the name of its producer (Bodel 2005). There are two lines of letters (one going around the edge of the stamp, and the other across its centre), with ligatured letters in line 1: ME; AL. About a third of the brickstamp is damaged, but what is extant is clearly legible. Only the top stem of the first T is preserved. For other similar stamps, see 1872.1482(1), 1872.1483(1*) (no.365), 1872.1485(3) (no.367), 1872.1486(4) (no.368). Dimensions • Stamp: diameter, 0.10. Letters: h., 0.014-0.015 (line 1); 0.011 (line 2).
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