1977.216.1911: Stamped Amphora Handle
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.1911
- Title
- Stamped Amphora Handle
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- handle
- Date
- c. 100-150 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Hispania
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/287137
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Stamped
- Dimensions
- 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: Marked CIL IX 2.1 (incorrect, mistake for XV 2); 3085b in the hand of Pease.
- stamp and inscription: F PATERNI
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Acquired by A.S. Pease on Monte Testaccio, 1905/1906.
Gift to the Department of the Classics, 1906.
Transfer from Department of the Classics, 1977.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Dr. A. S. Pease
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.1911
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The amphora factories of F. Paternus were located in Baetica (southern Spain), probably in the area of the city of Italica. Paternus was involved with the factories of the Iunii Melissi in the same area, and there are several known amphorae with stamps of both factories.
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