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On Brick-stamps.
The wreath here is obviously the symbol (or the cognomen) of
C. J. Stephanus (^aTe^avos, corona).
Again :— ex . pr . fl . apri . opus . doliar .
JVLI . CALLISTI
(a wild boar).
That is, ex . PRfaediis] FL[avii] apri. opvs doliar[c] jvli . callisti.
The stamp of the wild boar evidently refers to the name “Aper.”
We have already remarked that the stamps on these bricks are
either round or square. To denote this difference of form, it is
the custom of archaeologists to place an O over those which are
round ; thus :— Q
CN . DOMITI . AMAND
VALEAT . QVI . FEC.
That is, CN[aei] DOMiTi[i] amand[i] valeat qvi FEcfit]. The last
phrase being simply one of good augury, which the makers of the
bricks were accustomed to make use of. The same formula occurs
not unfrequently on stamps of the Domitian manufactory.
In conclusion, I ought to remark that transcripts of the legends
on these stamps may be found scattered in various collections of
inscriptions, notably in that of Fabrettih, in the “Acts of the
Fratres Arvales” by Marini, who, as a very able epigraphist, has
brought together a very rich series of these monuments, with a
valuable addition of most useful notes. This collection remains
at present unpublished in the library of the Vatican, but will be
included in the “ Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum,” in course of
publication by the Academy of Berlin.
We are aware also that a learned French scholar, M. Descemets,
has compiled a new collection of inscriptions from dolia, not com-
prised in those of Marini; and we hope that this may some day be
published for the benefit of science
h Inscriptiones Domestic^, cap. vii.
* The excellent collection of Brick-
stamps in the Ashmolean Museum, by
far the largest in England, and made
by Mr. J. H. Parker, C.B., the present
Curator, contains many specimens con-
firmatory of the views in Visconti’s
paper. Thus we find the Consuls,
Severus and Siloga, Servianus and Ve-
rus, and, among individual names to
whom the estates or the kilns belonged,
we also meet with the Empresses Plo-
tina and Faustina, the Emperor Verus,
Domitia Lucilla, Bruttidius Augustalis,
Aprilis, Tonneus, Nunnidius (Felix),
Q. Oppius (Justus and Natalis) and
Januarius. We have, also, as pradia,
the Bruttiana, Vicciana, and Claudiana.
Where single names occur without any
pranomen, they may be assumed to be
those of slaves, even when the ser. is
omitted ; and this is probably the case,
also, with the occasional Greek names,
as Pantagathus in Visconti’s list, and
Aristipha and Vinoatus in the Ashmo-
lean collection..—AV. S. W. V.
On Brick-stamps.
The wreath here is obviously the symbol (or the cognomen) of
C. J. Stephanus (^aTe^avos, corona).
Again :— ex . pr . fl . apri . opus . doliar .
JVLI . CALLISTI
(a wild boar).
That is, ex . PRfaediis] FL[avii] apri. opvs doliar[c] jvli . callisti.
The stamp of the wild boar evidently refers to the name “Aper.”
We have already remarked that the stamps on these bricks are
either round or square. To denote this difference of form, it is
the custom of archaeologists to place an O over those which are
round ; thus :— Q
CN . DOMITI . AMAND
VALEAT . QVI . FEC.
That is, CN[aei] DOMiTi[i] amand[i] valeat qvi FEcfit]. The last
phrase being simply one of good augury, which the makers of the
bricks were accustomed to make use of. The same formula occurs
not unfrequently on stamps of the Domitian manufactory.
In conclusion, I ought to remark that transcripts of the legends
on these stamps may be found scattered in various collections of
inscriptions, notably in that of Fabrettih, in the “Acts of the
Fratres Arvales” by Marini, who, as a very able epigraphist, has
brought together a very rich series of these monuments, with a
valuable addition of most useful notes. This collection remains
at present unpublished in the library of the Vatican, but will be
included in the “ Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum,” in course of
publication by the Academy of Berlin.
We are aware also that a learned French scholar, M. Descemets,
has compiled a new collection of inscriptions from dolia, not com-
prised in those of Marini; and we hope that this may some day be
published for the benefit of science
h Inscriptiones Domestic^, cap. vii.
* The excellent collection of Brick-
stamps in the Ashmolean Museum, by
far the largest in England, and made
by Mr. J. H. Parker, C.B., the present
Curator, contains many specimens con-
firmatory of the views in Visconti’s
paper. Thus we find the Consuls,
Severus and Siloga, Servianus and Ve-
rus, and, among individual names to
whom the estates or the kilns belonged,
we also meet with the Empresses Plo-
tina and Faustina, the Emperor Verus,
Domitia Lucilla, Bruttidius Augustalis,
Aprilis, Tonneus, Nunnidius (Felix),
Q. Oppius (Justus and Natalis) and
Januarius. We have, also, as pradia,
the Bruttiana, Vicciana, and Claudiana.
Where single names occur without any
pranomen, they may be assumed to be
those of slaves, even when the ser. is
omitted ; and this is probably the case,
also, with the occasional Greek names,
as Pantagathus in Visconti’s list, and
Aristipha and Vinoatus in the Ashmo-
lean collection..—AV. S. W. V.