1977.216.141: Stamped Amphora Handle
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.141
- Title
- Stamped Amphora Handle
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- handle
- Date
- 80-130 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Hispania
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/287807
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Stamped
- Dimensions
- 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- stamp and inscription: L. Q. S.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- 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.
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
- 1977.216.141
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- L.Q.S. is L. Q(uintius) S(ecundus), whose stamps are found widely in the western Mediterranean.
Verification Level
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