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Amphora Handle with Greek Stamp
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Fragment of a handle in pinkish clay. Fabric is Rhodian. Stamp on top of handle. Stamp is rectangular, 3.9 cm and reads: ANTIM[AXOU]. Examples of the same stamp show ANTIMAXOU with a caduceus either above or below; on this example despite the wear, traces of the head of a caduceus may remain beneath the AN.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Horton O'Neil Carthage 1924-1925 gift; Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University 1965 transfer; Harvard Art Museums 2008
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 Rhodian.
Stamp on top of handle.
Stamp is rectangular, 3.
9 cm and reads: ANTIM[AXOU].
Examples of the same stamp show ANTIMAXOU with a caduceus either above or below; on this example despite the wear, traces of the head of a caduceus may remain beneath the AN.
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