Amphora Handle
MS502
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS502 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Thasian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Thasos | Greece |
| Period | Hellenistic Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Stamped |
| Description | Stamped amphora handle. Upper part of handle, with stamp, and a bit of the wall of the neck. The stamp is irregular in outline: broad at one end near to the neck, narrower at the other end, the two straight sides converging from the broad to the narrow end. Device: a large amphora in releif. Indistinct traces of lettering on both sides of it: on one side possibly reading the letters Theta Epsilon Upsilon. Light reddish-brown clay with some fine mica. |
| Length | 7.5 cm |
| Width | 4.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Estate of Francis C. Macauley, 1897 |
| Other Number | ? - Other Number |
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