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Stamped Amphora Handle
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Numerous varieties of stamps are known which share the common elements seen in this stamp, namely the indication of a name, L. F(abius?) CRESC(ens), and what is taken as the name of the estate where these amphorae were produced, the (figlina) CVFI(ensis). L. Fabius Crescens was involved in the amphora trade on a massive scale, producing his own and purchasing amphorae from other estates. On the basis of find-spots of these and other stamps of this estate in southern Spain along the Guadalquivir, at La Dehesilla and Estrella de la Torrentera, it has been suggested that this estate was located near the Roman city of Decuma, one of the chief towns of Baetica.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
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.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection
Title: Stamped Amphora Handle
Description:
Numerous varieties of stamps are known which share the common elements seen in this stamp, namely the indication of a name, L.
F(abius?) CRESC(ens), and what is taken as the name of the estate where these amphorae were produced, the (figlina) CVFI(ensis).
L.
Fabius Crescens was involved in the amphora trade on a massive scale, producing his own and purchasing amphorae from other estates.
On the basis of find-spots of these and other stamps of this estate in southern Spain along the Guadalquivir, at La Dehesilla and Estrella de la Torrentera, it has been suggested that this estate was located near the Roman city of Decuma, one of the chief towns of Baetica.
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