Harvard Art Museums > 2008.70: Amphora Handle with Uncertain 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 Handle with Uncertain Stamp , 2008.70,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/175334. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.70 Title Amphora Handle with Uncertain Stamp Classification Vessels Work Type handle Date 323-31 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa Period Hellenistic period Culture Punic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/175334 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Stamped Dimensions 6.68 cm (2 5/8 in.) 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 2008.70 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 Fragment of a handle, nearly complete. Reddish clay with buff-colored slip. Fabric is Campanian. Stamp is on shoulder. Stamp is rectangular, 3.5 cm and depicts a crescent moon and sun, all common on Carthaginian tombs. There are also three uncertain letters, which may be some form of Punic, Libyan, or other native alphabet. 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. 16 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
