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Brick Stamp from the Platanian Brickyards

Brick Stamp from the Platanian Brickyards

Roman

Stamp of incuse letters, arranged in a two-line rectangle without a border, with Latin text: APR ET PAE COS / CL CELSI DO ("In the consulship of Apronianus and Paetus, a brick of (Tiberius) Claudius Celsus.").This stamp comes from the Platanian Brickfields, which were in 123 CE in the possession of Tiberius Claudius Celsus when this brick was produced.

Terracotta

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Brick Stamps