Harvard Art Museums > 2008.69: Amphora Handle with Greek Stamp Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Amphora Handle with Greek Stamp , 2008.69,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/175270. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.69 Title Amphora Handle with Greek Stamp Classification Vessels Work Type handle Date 4th-1st century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Campania Period Hellenistic period Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/175270 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Stamped Dimensions 5.86 cm (2 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks stamp and inscription: SAIMIS (reversed, i.e. "SIMIAS") Provenance Recorded Ownership History Collected by Horton O'Neil in the fields outside Carthage, 1924-1925. Given to McDaniel Collection by O'Neil in December 1965. 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 2008.69 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Fragment of a handle in pinkish clay. Fabric is Campanian. Stamp on upper portion of handle. The stamp, which was pressed carefully to show completely despite the curve of the handle, is rectangular, 4.98 cm: SAIMIS. The letters read backwards, as the stamp was the positive, indicating the name "Simias." Publication History Nancy Hirschland and Mason Hammond, "Stamped Potters' Marks and Other Stamped Pottery in the McDaniel Collection", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1968), Vol. 72, pp. 369-82, no. ON. 20 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
