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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.60
Title
Amphora Handle with Greek Stamp
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
handle
Date
4th-1st century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rhodes
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/175236

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Stamped
Dimensions
8.28 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp and inscription: ME/TRA . NE[s]/TO[u]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Found by Mason Hammond at Pompeii, 1938.
Given to the McDaniel Collection, September, 1959.

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
2008.60
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Amphora handle with rim section. Pale pink clay. The handle has a flat top and abrupt angle. An oblong stamp is impressed on the top, deeply at the inner end and perhaps running off at the outer, where there is no defined margin; it is 2.1 cm wide and as preserved 5 cm long. A roughly oval boss in the middle has two ribbon-like protuberances on either side of its upper end. Central attribute might be a bunch of grapes hanging from a branch. To the left two lines in Greek read: ME/TRA and on the right: NE[ /TO[. Comparable examples suggest restoring the name Menestratos. The letters are generously square and the A has the central crossbar broken downwards.

Verification Level

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