Brickstamp, Portus Alison E. Cooley AEC/ASHL AN1872.1517.xml Oxford Ashmolean Museum AN1872.1517 AshLI 215 Coll. Ref: 33 Roman catalogue: 397

A complete circular, orbicular stamp (0.09), with a large orbiculus (0.034) extending into the central section of the stamp. Brick: 0.11+ 0.11+ 0.021+

There are two lines of letters around the edge of the stamp, running in concentric circles. In the centre is a cross. The letters in line 1 are rather worn. There is a ligature in line 2.

 0.011 (outer, line 1); 0.01 (inner line). The stamp belongs to an Antonine phase of alterations to the ‘palazzo imperiale’ at Portus (Lanciani 1868: p.175). AD c.157 (CIL, on basis of the dated stamp CIL XV 1, no.209). This brickstamp was 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. Photograph Photograph
ex praedis Flavi Apri opus doliare Fadi Euhelpisti

From the estate of Flavius Aper, brick-product of Fadius Euhelpistus.

Landowner Flavius Aper is probably to be identified as the consul of AD 130 (PIR2 F208) (Setälä 1977: pp.113-115).

Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS Accession Register 1872.1517 (33); CIL XV, 1 no.210, 2 (from an impression sent by Waldstein) (Dressel 1891).

Online: EDCS-30800272 [accessed 27/04/15].

LancianiR. 1868 Ricerche topografiche sulla città di Porto Annali dell’ Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica 40 144-95 SetäläP. 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