Brickstamp, Rome Alison E. Cooley AEC/ASHL AN1967.1318.xml Oxford Ashmolean Museum AN1967.1318 AshLI 283 Glos. no.375

An almost complete circular orbicular stamp, with a large orbiculus (0.051) extending into the central section of the stamp (0.10). Brick: 0.114+ 0.13+ 0.047

There are two lines of letters around the edge of the stamp, running in concentric circles. In the centre is a palm branch. There are triangular interpuncts. Part of a palm branch remains at the start of line 1. The letters AE in PROCVLAE are ligatured. It is in quite good condition, except for some cracks across the surface, and damage on one side. It is an example of the brickstamp published as CIL XV, 1 no.647.

 0.01-0.014 (outer, line 1), 0.011 (inner, line 2). Temple of Augustus in Rome. First quarter of the second century AD (Steinby 1974-75: p.99). According to the Ashmolean Accession Register, this stamp was found in the Temple of Augustus in Rome. It was given to Gloucester City Museum in 1910 by Welbore St. Clair Baddeley, a well-known local antiquarian (information from David Rice of Gloucester Museum). It was first loaned to the Ashmolean in 1964 (Gloucester Loan no.27), and then transferred permanently on 16th November 1967 (Glos. no.375). Photograph
tegula Tunneiana doliaris Eutychus servus Iuliae Proculae

Tunneian brick-product. Eutychus, slave of Julia Procula, (made this).

This stamp attests the activity of the slave Eutychus acting as officinator for Iulia Procula, whose identity is unknown for certain since her name is relatively common at Rome, but who well may have been related to C. Iulius Proculus, consul of AD 109 (PIR2 I695; Raepsaet-Charlier 1987: p.390 no.455; Steinby 1974-75: p.99; Setälä 1977: pp.139-40).

Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS Accession Register 1967.1318

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