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transport amphora

• Object type

  • transport amphora

• Museum number

  1955,0920.147

• Description

  Oval handle from a pottery transport amphora. Clay medium, micaceous brown. Rectangular stamp at top of handle with Greek inscription and prow symbol.

• Culture/period

  • Hellenistic

• Date

  • 325BC-275BC (circa)

• Production place

  • Made in: Knidos (?)
  • (Asia,Turkey,Aegean Region (Turkey),Caria,Knidos)

• Findspot

  • Found/Acquired: Naukratis
  • (Africa,Egypt,Lower Egypt,Nile Delta,Naukratis)

• Materials

  • pottery

• Dimensions

  • Height: 5.7 centimetres (Max preserved)
  • Height: 4.6 centimetres (Handle)
  • Width: 3 millimetres (Handle)
  • Width: 1.9 millimetres (Stamp)
  • Height: 1.8 millimetres (Stamp circa)

• Inscriptions

  • • Inscription Type

      control mark

    • Inscription Script

      Greek

    • Inscription Position

      top of handle

    • Inscription Language

      Greek

    • Inscription Content

      Παυσιμα vac?

    • Inscription Translation

      Pausima(chos)

    • Inscription Comment

      Rectangular stamp. Prow symbol. Possible sigma squeezed in under forecastle.

• Curator's comments

  Börker, Chr., 'Die Herkunft der Schiffsbugel-Stempel' in Empereur, J.-Y. and Garlan, Y. (eds), Recherches sur les Amphores Grecques [BCH suppl. XIII], Paris 1986, 474 fig. 3.
  Petrie diary, 1884-1885 (EES Archive XVII 47), p. 28, 15?

• Bibliography

  • Villing et al 2013-2015 JB.0239

• Location

  Not on display

• Subjects

  • boat/ship

• Acquisition name

  • Donated by: Egypt Exploration Fund

• Acquisition date

  1886

• Acquisition notes

  Previously unregistered. Excavated 1884-1885

• Department

  Greek & Roman Antiquities

• Registration number

  1955,0920.147