Harvard Art Museums > 2008.65: Amphora Rim with Punic Stamp Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Amphora Rim with Punic Stamp , 2008.65,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/175275. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.65 Title Amphora Rim with Punic Stamp Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 300-146 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Carthage (North Africa) Period Hellenistic period Culture Punic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/175275 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Stamped Dimensions H. 12.7 cm Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Top right letter lamed (l) in a rare form with a an extra downward stroke at the top ; below tet (t); left is a larger letter taw (t) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Horton O'Neil, Carthage 1924-1925, gift; to Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University, 1965, transfer; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University Accession Year 2008 Object Number 2008.65 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Fabric is Tunisian, orange-red in color. Rim is trumpet-shaped. Stamp is on the exterior of the rim. Stamp is square, 1.55 cm: in center, a caduceus, right top, lamed (l) in its rare form with an extra downward stroke at the top, below, tet (t) the sign of royalty, left, taw (t). Early Roman amphora type II (Carthage, University of Michigan type series, 1975), local imitation of Phoenician form. Publication History Nancy Hirschland and Mason Hammond, "Stamped Potters' Marks and Other Stamped Pottery in the McDaniel Collection", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1968), Vol. 72, pp. 369-82, p. 377 pl. 1 no. 2 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
