The other day we mentioned Martin Conde's addition of photos etc. from the House of Agrippina on the Janiculum ... some of the material comes from La Repubblica and I find this item rather interesting:
Perhaps folks can help me out with this lunate inscription, since I've never seen such a thing before (it seems to be relief on stone or possibly a stamp of some sort) and there is no explanation in La Repubblica's article or the caption to the photo. As far as I can see (and I've fiddled in photoshop to try to make the second line a bit more clear to no avail), this reads:
... anyone have any details on this inscription?
========
COMMENTS
========
Alexis D’Hautcourt scripsit:
Respondeo:
Ahhhh ... now I see; a bit of opus doliare (domestic pottery, stamped with the maker's name). Thanks!
Al Schlaf scripsit:
Respondeo:
Ahhhh ... another one I forgot about (time to upgrade the coffee!) ... we did mention the Domitius Brothers brickworks ... in any event, here's the photo that accompanied AS' article (from the Telegraph) for comparison purposes:
I wonder why the lunate stamp was so ubiquitious ... I came across this article (by WLU's Joann Freed) on assorted pottery finds at a Via Gabinia site; numerous such stamps are mentioned (no photos alas) ...
Perhaps folks can help me out with this lunate inscription, since I've never seen such a thing before (it seems to be relief on stone or possibly a stamp of some sort) and there is no explanation in La Repubblica's article or the caption to the photo. As far as I can see (and I've fiddled in photoshop to try to make the second line a bit more clear to no avail), this reads:
L.AQUI.FAUSTI
DO ? ? A
DO ? ? A
... anyone have any details on this inscription?
========
COMMENTS
========
Alexis D’Hautcourt scripsit:
It looks like your inscription is one of these three or has the same text:
Publication: CIL 15, 00828,1
Province: Roma Place: Roma
L(uci) Aquili Fausti / doliare
Publication: CIL 15, 00828,2
Province: Latium et Campania / Regio I Place: Tivoli / Tibur
L(uci) Aquili Fausti / doliare
Publication: CIL 15, 00828,3
Province: Roma Place: Roma
L(uci) Aquili Fausti / doliare
(from http://compute-in.ku-eichstaett.de:8888/pls/epigr/epiergebnis_en)
Respondeo:
Ahhhh ... now I see; a bit of opus doliare (domestic pottery, stamped with the maker's name). Thanks!
Al Schlaf scripsit:
The photo put me in mind of an online article I printed out and saved from back in 2005. Not the same "company" but similar designs in their stamps.
Respondeo:
Ahhhh ... another one I forgot about (time to upgrade the coffee!) ... we did mention the Domitius Brothers brickworks ... in any event, here's the photo that accompanied AS' article (from the Telegraph) for comparison purposes:
I wonder why the lunate stamp was so ubiquitious ... I came across this article (by WLU's Joann Freed) on assorted pottery finds at a Via Gabinia site; numerous such stamps are mentioned (no photos alas) ...