Amphora Handle with Punic Stamp
300-146 BCE
Description
Fabric is Tunisian, orange-red with yellow slip. Top of handle is stamped. Stamp is oval, 1.86 cm: to left, a stylized palm representing the tree of life, to right, modified anh (crux ansata).
Dimensions
6.39 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Collected by Horton O'Neil in the fields outside Carthage, 1924-1925. Given to McDaniel Collection by O'Neil in December 1965.
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