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Amphora Handle with Greek Stamp
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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."
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Collected by Horton O'Neil in the fields outside Carthage 1924-1925.
Given to McDaniel Collection by O'Neil in December 1965.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: Amphora Handle with Greek Stamp
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.
".
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