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transport amphora
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Object type
Museum number
1955,0920.147
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Description
Fragment of oval handle from a probably Knidian pottery transport amphora. Clay medium, micaceous brown. Rectangular stamp at top of handle with Greek inscription and prow symbol.
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Culture/period
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Date
- 325BC-275BC (circa)
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Production place
- Made in: Knidos (?)
- (Asia,Turkey,Aegean Region (Turkey),Caria,Knidos)
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Findspot
- Found/Acquired: Naukratis
- (Africa,Egypt,Lower Egypt,Nile Delta,Naukratis)
- Found/Acquired: Naukratis
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Materials
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Dimensions
- Height: 5.7 centimetres (Max preserved)
- Width: 4.6 centimetres (Handle)
- Height: 3 centimetres (Handle)
- Width: 1.9 centimetres (Stamp)
- Height: 1.8 centimetres (Stamp, circa)
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Inscriptions
Inscription Type
control markInscription Script
GreekInscription Position
top of handleInscription Language
GreekInscription Content
Παυσιμα vac?Inscription Translation
Pausima(chos)Inscription Comment
Rectangular stamp. Prow symbol. Possible sigma squeezed in under forecastle.
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Curator's comments
Name Pausimachos.
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
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Location
Not on display
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Subjects
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Acquisition name
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Acquisition date
1886
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Acquisition notes
Previously unregistered. Excavated 1884-1885
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Department
Greek & Roman Antiquities
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Registration number
1955,0920.147
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