Brickstamp, Rome Alison E. Cooley AEC/ASHL AN1967.1319.xml Oxford Ashmolean Museum AN1967.1319 AshLI 284 Glos. no.374

A complete circular orbicular stamp (0.107), with a large orbiculus (0.04). Brick: 0.148+ 0.16+ 0.044

There are three lines of letters running in concentric circles. In the centre is a palm branch. There are interpuncts faintly visible. It is in a good condition. It is an example of the brickstamp published as CIL XV, 1 no.315.

 0.012 (outer, line 1); 0.01 (inner lines). Roman Forum at the ‘shrine of Romulus’. Trajanic (Bodel 1983: p.46). According to the Ashmolean Accession Register, this stamp was found in the Roman Forum at the ‘shrine of Romulus’ in 1899. 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, and then transferred permanently on 16th November 1967 (Glos. no.374). Photograph
ex figlinis Marcianis Cai Calpetani Favoris doliare opus

From the Marcian brickyards. Brick-product of Gaius Calpetanus Favor.

C. Calpetanus Favor worked at the Marcian brickyards during the Trajanic period (Bodel 1983: p.46).

Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS Accession Register 1967.1319

Bodel J. 1983 Roman brick stamps in the Kelsey Museum Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press