Amphora Handle with Punic Stamp
300-146 BCE
Description
Fabric is Tunisian, orange with cream. Handle is stamped on top. Oval stamp, 1.92 cm: to right, qof (q), to left, zayin (z). The zayin comes out backwards on the stamp and may represent the number 20.
Dimensions
H. 6.85 cm (2 11/16 in.)
Provenance
Horton O'Neil, Carthage, 1924-1925, gift; to Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University 1965, transfer; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008
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