Stamped Amphora Handle

Item

Title
Stamped Amphora Handle
Inventory Number
A0406
Date Acquired
1909
Source
Magoffin
Provenance
Rome, Monte Testaccio
Description
Heavy handle of irregularly lumpy plano-convex section; irregularly rectangular stamp w PORTO on ext surface close to attachment to neck.
State of Preservation
Upper section of handle only w small section of attached neck
Height
6.6 cm
Length
15.8 cm
Width
10.1 cm
Color
Clay body 2.5Y 8/4 (yellow); core 10R 6/6 (red); discoloration & incrustation 2.5Y 5/2 (grayish brown).
Type
vessel
Material
fired clay