Stamped Brick Fragment

1921.01.0004

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Artifact Identification Stamped Brick Fragment   (1921.01.0004)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Built Environment Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Building Components
  4. :
  5. Construction Materials
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date Early - Middle Roman Empire, 150 CE
Culture Roman

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Depth) 4.3 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 12.9 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 805 g
Measuring Remarks Weight was measured to the nearest 5 grams.
Materials Stone
Manufacturing Processes N/A
Munsell Color Information (10YR 6/2) -ns brown ( 10YR 7/4) -ns

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography

Adam, Jean-Pierre. Translated by Anthony Mathews. Roman Building: Materials and Techniques. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1994. Bloch, Herbert. "Consules Suffecti on Roman Brick Stamps." Classical Philology, 39:4 (1944). Pp. 254-255. Bloch, Herbert. "The Serapeum of Ostia and the Brick-Stamps of 123 A.D. A New Landmark in the HIstory of Roman Architecture." American Journal of Archaeology, 63:3 (1959). Pp. 225-240. Bodel, John P. Roman Brick Stamps in the Kelsey Museum. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1983. Grace, Virginia. "The Die Used for Amphora Stamps." Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 4:3 (1935). pp. 421-429. Helen, Tapio. "Organization of Roman Brick Production in the First and Second Centuries A.D.: An Interpreation of Roman Brick Stamps." Acta Instituti Romani Finlandiae, 9:1 (1975). Lancaster, Lynne. "The Date of Trajan's Markets: An Assessment in the Light of Some Unpublished Brick Stamps." Papers of the British School at Rome, 63 (1995). Pp. 25-44. Mark, Robert. "Reinterpreting Ancient Roman Structure." American Scientist, 75:2 (1987). Pp. 2, 142-150. Opper, Thorsten. Hadrian: Empire and Conflict. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. Setala, Paivi. "Private Domini in Roman Brick Stamps of the Empire: A Historical and Prosopographical Study of Landowners in the District of Rome." Acta Instituti Romani Finlandiae, 9:2 (1977). See unpublished paper by Arampapaslis, Serota, and Wells, 2012P.0067

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Mary L. Trowbridge Collection
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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