Amphora Handle with Uncertain Stamp
323-31 BCE
Description
Fragment of a handle, nearly complete. Reddish clay with buff-colored slip. Fabric is Campanian. Stamp is on shoulder. Stamp is rectangular, 3.5 cm and depicts a crescent moon and sun, all common on Carthaginian tombs. There are also three uncertain letters, which may be some form of Punic, Libyan, or other native alphabet.
Dimensions
6.68 cm (2 5/8 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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