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Water pipe with Latin inscription from the reign of Vespasian.The text is unusual for being sunk into the surface and its sizable length of 1 m. [1]A Roman lead pipe inscription is a Latin inscription on a Roman water pipe made of lead which provides brief information on its manufacturer and owner, often the reigning emperor himself as the supreme authority.
Roman religion inscriptions (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Latin inscriptions" ... Roman lead pipe inscription; Lex Irnitana; Lex Malacitana;
Bread stamp depicting Romulus and Remus suckling at the she-wolf (1st century). A signaculum is a general Latin term for a seal or sign produced by a stamp or signet ring, [1] used in modern scholarship in particular reference to Roman lead pipe inscriptions, brick stamps, bread stamps, [2] and the lead "dog tag" of Roman soldiers.
Roman lead pipe inscriptions bearing the name of the owner were meant to prevent such water theft. He, therefore, made a meticulous survey of the intake and the supply of each line, and then investigated the apparent discrepancies.
The Villa of Nero located south-east of the ancient site of Olympia, Greece is one of the ancient Roman villas built for the Roman emperor Nero in the 1st century AD. Some others were at Subiaco and Antium. Archaeological excavations reveal the presence of a lead water pipe bearing the inscription "ner. aug.", an abbreviation of the name Nero ...
Atmospheric lead pollution likely caused cognitive decline among citizens of the Roman Empire, according to research published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
When you drink water, it’s through a lead system that by then could be 200 years old,’ he says Ridley Scott explains why emperors in his films are all ‘crazy’ – the answer is in their ...
A lead pipe. (Paul Sancya / AP file) Tapping from the Flint River was meant to be an interim source until Flint could join a new system accessing water from Lake Huron.