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Stamped Amphora Handle
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The handle has been split in half, preserving the end of the inscription (it is unknown how many letters, if any, are missing at the head). The letters are well-formed and deeply impressed, with wedge-shaped points between the letters MAE.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Acquired by A.S. Pease on Monte Testaccio 1905/1906.
Gift to the Department of the Classics 1906.
Transfer from Department of the Classics 1977.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University Gift of Dr. A. S. Pease
Title: Stamped Amphora Handle
Description:
The handle has been split in half, preserving the end of the inscription (it is unknown how many letters, if any, are missing at the head).
The letters are well-formed and deeply impressed, with wedge-shaped points between the letters MAE.
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