Stamped Amphora Handle
2nd-3rd century CE
Description
The handle has been split in half, preserving the end of the inscription (it is unknown how many letters, if any, are missing at the head). The letters are well-formed and deeply impressed, with wedge-shaped points between the letters MAE.
Dimensions
13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Acquired by A.S. Pease on Monte Testaccio, 1905/1906. Gift to the Department of the Classics, 1906. Transfer from Department of the Classics, 1977.
Related Artworks
View MoreLead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed emerald green glaze
1st-3rd century CEChineseHard-paste porcelain, biscuit reliefs, incised decoration, and gilding
19th centuryGermanLight gray stoneware with incised decor, the surface burnished. Anyang type.
12th-10th century BCEChinesePunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on the white-slip ground. Made near Kongju, at the foot of Mount Kyeryong, South Ch'ungch'ŏng province.
16th centuryKoreanTerracotta
4th-7th centuryByzantineCeramic
ChineseTinned copper
16th-17th centuryPersianPlaster
Terracotta
GreekMetal
16th centuryItalianTerracotta
11th-9th century BCECypriot