1977.216.170: Fragment of an Amphora Belly with Stamped Inscription
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.170
- Title
- Fragment of an Amphora Belly with Stamped Inscription
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- fragment
- Date
- 1st-2nd centuries CE
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/287702
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Stamped
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 6.5 x 2.1 cm (4 15/16 x 2 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: (palm branch to left) VRSI
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Found by George Pfeiffer in Rome, before 1905.
Gift to the Department of the Classics, 1905.
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
- 1977.216.170
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 48.
Verification Level
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