 IAA Number: 2014-2072
 | Object's Name: Fragment Roof Tile Impressed with Stamp-Seal Impression, Circular, Latin, Boar, Galley
Period: Middle Roman - Late Roman
Material: Pottery
Site: Jerusalem, City of David
Lenght: 12 cm
Wide: 11 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Description: Fragment of stamped roof tile, bearing the last three letters of the
abbreviation of the 'X Legion Fretensis' name: ]LE[G X F, and the
typical Legion
symbols: the remains of a galley appears above the inscription and a
boar below it. The stamped circular depressions are caliga-nail
imprints, probably belonged to a Roman soldier.
Bibliography: Behar S 2013. The Stamped Impressions of the Legio X Fretensis. In: D Ben-Ami. Jerusalem. Excavations in the Tyropoeon Valley (Giv'ati Parking Lot), Vol.I. IAAR 52: 305-307, Fig. 15.1: 1.
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