Stamped Amphora Handle
80-130 CE
Description
L.Q.S. is L. Q(uintius) S(ecundus), whose stamps are found widely in the western Mediterranean.
Dimensions
15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Provenance
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.
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