transport amphora
- Museum number
- 1854,0519.87
- Description
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Fragment of oval handle to moderate turn of a Rhodian pottery transport amphora. Clay fine buff-brown. Rectangular stamp.
- Production date
- 230BC-220BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.90 centimetres (Handle)
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Height: 8.30 centimetres (Max preserved)
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Height: 1.70 centimetres (Stamp)
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Width: 4 centimetres (Handle)
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Width: 2.60 centimetres (Stamp)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Ink '1088,1', 'C.T.N.', 'Kalavarda' and reading
Name Aristeus.
From same die as Alexandria, Greco-Roman Museum, ABC 070.09.
An example with the full text and from the same die is in the Benaki Collection, Alexandria Museum.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1854
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1854,0519.87