Stamped Amphora Handle
160-230 CE
Description
The stamp was poorly impressed on this handle, and the resulting impression preserves a few letters but with no indication of the borders of the stamp. Nevertheless, enough survives to show that the stamp belonged to one of the Minicii, who produced amphorae at ancient Arva (mod. Pena de la Sal) in southern Spain.
Dimensions
14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Provenance
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. Transfer from Department of the Classics, 1977.
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