Stamped Amphora Handle
late 2nd - early 3rd century CE
Description
Two examples of this stamp found on the top of Monte Testaccio suggest a date of the late second or early third century CE.
Dimensions
13 cm (5 1/8 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.
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