06-06-2005, 01:23 AM
I'm at a loss for anything further, but maybe this will help you:
An actual bronze stamp was found at Pompeii that says
"L. Auruncule(i) Secundioni(s)",
while some carbonized loaves found read
[C]eleris Q. Grani | Veri Ser(v)
"(work of) Celer, slave of Quintus Granius Verus."
Here's a much later stamp:
[url:l0h75v3r]http://www.vcoins.com/ancientcoinart/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=261&large=0[/url]
Ok, here's "Bread Stamp Physics"
http://www.prosphora.org/page37.html
http://www.ancient-art.com/images/a511.jpg
Hey, here's a legionary bread stamp!
http://www.gtj.org.uk/blowup.php?lang=en&id=25420&t=1
An actual bronze stamp was found at Pompeii that says
"L. Auruncule(i) Secundioni(s)",
while some carbonized loaves found read
[C]eleris Q. Grani | Veri Ser(v)
"(work of) Celer, slave of Quintus Granius Verus."
Here's a much later stamp:
[url:l0h75v3r]http://www.vcoins.com/ancientcoinart/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=261&large=0[/url]
Ok, here's "Bread Stamp Physics"
http://www.prosphora.org/page37.html
http://www.ancient-art.com/images/a511.jpg
Hey, here's a legionary bread stamp!
http://www.gtj.org.uk/blowup.php?lang=en&id=25420&t=1
Dan Diffendale
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan