transport amphora
- Museum number
- 1988,0503.37
- Description
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Fragment of neck and oval handle of Rhodian pottery transport amphora; clay fine buff; rectangular stamp with caduceus symbol.
- Production date
- 145BC-108BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.60 centimetres (circa, stamp)
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Height: 2.30 centimetres (handle)
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Length: 9.10 centimetres
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Width: 3.10 centimetres (handle)
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Width: 4.20 centimetres (minimum, stamp)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Name Andronikos.
Ink and pencil 1233,2; ink 'C.T.N. 1856'; '38', 'I79', 'Phanaes' and reading.
From same die as Alexandria, Greco-Roman Museum ABC 0316.31.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1856-1859
- Acquisition notes
- Previously unregistered; acquired mainly in Rhodes during the mid 19th century.
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1988,0503.37