Stamped Amphora Handle
100-150 CE
Description
This stamp is frequently found in Rome. The highly abbreviated inscription has been expanded as follows: FIG(lina) E(t) D(oliaria) P. P( ), AE(li) F(usciani), or perhaps P( ), P. Ae(li) F(usciani) -- "the land and pottery of P( ), of P. Aelius Fuscianus." The pottery is south Spanish, and on the basis of finds in Monte Testaccio, the stamps of this variety have been dated to the first half of the second century CE.
Dimensions
10 x 13 x 11 cm (3 15/16 x 5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Provenance
From Monte Testaccio, acquired; by George J. Pfeiffer and Rachel Hartwell Pfeiffer, Cambridge, MA (by 1905), gift; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (1905-1977), transfer; to the Fogg Museum, 1977. Transfer from Department of the Classics, 1977.
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