Instrumentum Domesticum

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Instrumentum Domesticum

• FISTULAE

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PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Production process
• Lead poured onto stamped sand
• Sometimes impressed after construction
• Location of stamp
• Graffiti

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TYPICAL INSCRIPTIONS

• Name, either nominative or genitive
• CIL XV 7873 - LIA CLEOPATRA FECIT
• CIL XV 7407 AVR. PHILETIANI ET AELIAE
  MARCIANAE
• CIL XV 7377 AELIAE ATHENAIDIS H(onestae)
  F(eminae)
• Phrase of benefaction
• CIL XV 7879 EX INDVLGENTIA D. N. SEVERI ATONINI
  ET GETE AVGG L F
• Numbers
• CIL XV 7249 IIX NAEVIVS MANES FECIT XIII
  NAEVIVS MANES FECIT XIV NAEVIVS MANES FECIT VX
  NAEVIVS MANES FECIT NAEVIVS MANES FECIT
• Symbols meaning (if any) unknown

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FRONTINUS

• 105. Whoever wishes to draw water for private
  use must seek for a grant and bring to the
  commissioner a writing from the sovereign the
  commissioner must then immediately expedite the
  grant of Caesar, and appoint one of Caesar's
  freedmen as his deputy for this service The
  deputy must call in the levellers and provide
  that the calix is stamped as conforming to the
  deeded quantity
• 112. Now whenever a stamped ajutage is larger
  than its legitimate measure it reveals designing
  dishonesty on the part of the deputy who stamped
  it but when it is not even stamped, it clearly
  reveals the fault of all, especially of the
  grantee, also of the overseer.
• 112. For then and then only can the overseer be
  held to his full responsibility, when he
  understands that none but stamped pipes must be
  set in place

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FUNCTION

• Ownership water rights
• Imperial
• CIL XV 7272 IMP VESPANIANI AVG
• Private
• CIL XV 7236 a - RATIONIS PRIVATAE b
  fLORENTINVS FEC
• Public
• CIL XV 7235 a - OPERE PVBLICORVM - b -
  CALPVRNIVS LICINIANVS FECIT
• Manufacturer
• CIL XV 7321 IMP CAES M. AVR ANT. AVG. N SVB CV
  PITOLIN PROC OFFIC FELIX AVG LIB FECIT
• CIL XV 7462 EX OFFICINA CARI

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FUNCTION

• Other functions
• Practical
• Accountability
• RIB 2434.4 - PRIVIS ATICVRTO
• Ceremonial
• RIB 2434.3 IMP VESP VIIII T IMP VII COS CN
  IVLIO AGRICOLA LEG AVG PR PR
• Denoting social status
• CIL XV 7390 L. ANNI MAXIMI C(larissimus) V(ir)
• CIL XV 7445 SEX ERVCI CLARI SEC S(ervus)
  F(ecit)
• Multiple
• CIL XV 7249 a - ORTORVM SALLVSTIANOR IMP SEV
  ALEXANDRI AVG b - NAEVIVS MANES FECIT
• CIL XV 7286 IMP CAESARIS DOMITIANI AVG
  GERMANICI SVB CVRA POLYDEVCIS L PROC GRAPTVS C N
  SER F