Brickstamp, Portus Alison E. Cooley AEC/ASHL AN1872.1513.xml Oxford Ashmolean Museum AN1872.1513 AshLI 210 Coll. Ref: 29 Roman catalogue: 393

A complete rectangular brickstamp. Dimensions not available. Vickers 1992: p.27 – height of stamp 0.033

The letters are stamped on two lines. The letters AE are ligatured in line 2.

 According to Lanciani (1868: p.175), it was one of many such stamps found in the southern part of the ‘palazzo imperiale’/ ‘imperial palace’ at Portus (cf. Thylander 1952: p.439 B387.6). AD c.110-115, possibly (Steinby 1974-75: p.53). 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 on display in the Rome Gallery. Photograph
Ianuarius Domitiae Lucillae

Ianuarius, (slave) of Domitia Lucilla.

It is unclear whether this is an early stamp of Domitia Lucilla Minor (PIR2 D183; Raepsaet-Charlier 1987: p.290 no.329) (cf. AN1872.1502, 1512) or of her homonymous mother, Lucilla Maior (Raepsaet-Charlier 1987: p.289 no.328; Setälä 1977: p.107) (PIR2 D182) (an identification supported by Dressel in CIL) (cf. AN1872.1514).

Lanciani 1868: p.175; Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS Accession Register 1872.1513 (29); CIL XV, 1 no.1013,3 (from an impression sent by Waldstein) (Dressel 1891); Bloch 1938: p.101 no.18; Thylander 1952: p.439 B387.6.

Online: EDCS-36100203 [accessed 08/04/15]

Bloch H. 1938 I bolli laterizi e la storia edilizia romana Rome C. Colombo Lanciani R. 1868 Ricerche topografiche sulla città di Porto Annali dell’ Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica 40 144-95 Raepsaet-CharlierM-Th. 1987 Prosopographie des femmes de l’ordre sénatorial (Ier-IIe siècles) Leuven Peeters Setälä P. 1977 Private Domini in Roman Brick Stamps of the Empire. A Historical and Prosopographical Study of Landowners in the District of Rome Helsinki Academia Scientiarum Fennica Steinby M. 1974-75 La cronologia delle figlinae doliari urbane Bullettino della commissione archeologica comunale di Roma 84 25-132 Thylander H. 1952 Inscriptions du port d’Ostie Lund Gleerup Vickers M. 1992 The Ancient Romans Oxford Ashmolean Museum