1977.216.148: Stamped Amphora Handle

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.216.148

Title

Stamped Amphora Handle

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

handle

Date

1st half of the 2nd century CE

Period

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/287447

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Stamped

Dimensions

15.7 cm (6 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: TA ligature (A with top stroke of T above) in ink = Thomas Ashby
• stamp and inscription: Q. M. M . CER.
  (with triangular stops)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

From Monte Testaccio, acquired; by George J. Pfeiffer and Rachel Hartwell Pfeiffer, Cambridge, MA (by 1905), gift; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (1905-1977), transfer; to the Fogg Museum, 1977.
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 Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection

Accession Year

1977

Object Number

1977.216.148

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This stamp is known only through examples found at Arentsburg, Wimpfen, and Paisy-Cosdon. The precise significance of the stamp is unknown, but it would seem to indicate the name Q. M( ) M( ), along with the abbreviation CER identifying the location of production.

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