brickstampn.
/ˈbrɪkstamp/, U.S. /ˈbrɪkˌstæmp/ Chiefly Archaeology.
A stamp used to impress a brick with an inscription, image, or symbol; an impression in a brick made using such a stamp.
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1837 United Service Jrnl. Jan. 134 An Egyptian Brick-Stamp with hieroglyphics.
1893 Sci. Amer. 7 June 7/3 Brick stamps of any kind of as early a date as Agrippa's time, in Rome at least, are unknown.
1913 Editor & Publisher 28 Dec. 3/1 The oldest advertisements extant are the brick stamps used by the ancient Sumerians and Babylonians and the Egyptians.
1977 W. L. MacDonald in S. Kostof Architect 42 (caption) Casts of Roman brickstamps of the first and second centuries A.D.
2010 M. Gagarin & E. Fantham Oxf. Encycl. Anc. Greece & Rome VII. 23/2 The brick stamps in Rome often name the owner..of the brickyard or clay beds and the person (usually slave or freedman) responsible for the workshop making the brick.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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