Transport Amphora

MS5720

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5720
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Rhodian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Rhodes
Period Hellenistic Period
Date Made ca. 100 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Coarse amphora, intact except for crack at lip. A partly legible rectangular stamp on each handle: 1) (Greek stamp) 2) uncertain device (prow of ship?).

Height 82 cm
Outside Diameter 33 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mr. Morris Wood and Mrs. Logan MacCoy, 1924

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