Archaeological Museum of Bologna

The italic "terra sigillata" is a typical product of the slave system. The trademarks allow to know next to the names of the owners of the various workshops that of hundreds of workers often in bondage.

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The centre of this plate has a rectangular stamp with the name of the maker: Fuscus Seri Hilari, that is to say Fuscus, slave of Serius Hilarius. The object was made in a pottery in northern Italy, probably operating at the time of the Emperor Tiberius.

Provenance: Palagi Collection
Datation: Early decades of 1st century AD
Material: Clay
Dimensions: height cm 3; diam max cm 17,5
Inventory #: Rom 1565