2008.61: Twisted Amphora Handle
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.61
- Title
- Twisted Amphora Handle
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- handle
- Date
- 4th-1st century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa
- Period
- Roman Republican period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/175190
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Handmade
- Dimensions
- 13.45 cm (5 5/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Collected by Horton O'Neil outside Carthage, 1924-1925.
Given to McDaniel Collection by O'Neil in June, 1967.
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
- 2008.61
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Spiral incision drawn around handle. Coarse sand temper with mica. Fabric is strong red-brown with yellow surface. Finger marks at handle attachment.
Verification Level
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