Harvard Art Museums > 1977.216.140: Stamped Amphora Handle Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Stamped Amphora Handle , 1977.216.140,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/287852. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1977.216.140 Title Stamped Amphora Handle Classification Vessels Work Type handle Date 2nd century CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Hispania Period Roman Imperial period, Middle Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/287852 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Stamped Dimensions 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks collector's mark: TA ligature (A with top stroke of T above) in ink = Thomas Ashby stamp and inscription: f. a]LB. LIC. Provenance Recorded Ownership History 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. 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 1977.216.140 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This stamp, of the F(iglina), or possibly F(undus) of a certain Alb. Lic. (whose name cannot be completed), is dated to the second century CE on the basis of the position of another example found in Monte Testaccio in Rome. Another example of the stamp is known on a globular vessel in Arbon, Switzerland; that particular type of amphora suggests that the origin of the stamp, and therefore the location of the property of Alb. Lic., was in southern Spain, in the ancient province of Baetica. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
