1977.216.156: Stamped Amphora Handle

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.216.156

Title

Stamped Amphora Handle

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

handle

Date

160-230 CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Hispania

Period

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/287450

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Stamped

Dimensions

14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: TA ligature (A with top stroke of T above) in ink = Thomas Ashby
• stamp and inscription: ]MINIC[

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

1977.216.156

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The stamp was poorly impressed on this handle, and the resulting impression preserves a few letters but with no indication of the borders of the stamp. Nevertheless, enough survives to show that the stamp belonged to one of the Minicii, who produced amphorae at ancient Arva (mod. Pena de la Sal) in southern Spain.

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