Fragment of an Amphora Belly with Stamped Inscription

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
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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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