Roman Terracotta Amphora Handle with Stamp

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

4 1/4 in. (229 grams, 10.8 cm).

Sturdy handle fragment with a rectangular stamp on the upper face with legend 'E[I]C EYKPATIΔA (to Eukratides)'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Literature

Cf. Denecker, E., Vandorpe, E., ‘Sealed amphora stoppers and tradesmen in Greco-Roman Egypt: archaeological, papyrological and inscriptional evidence’ in BABesch 82, 2007, pp.115-128, for similar inscriptions.

Footnotes

The commercial stamp seems to be linked to the name Eukratides, referring to a Graeco-Roman trade mark impressed onto the clay handles of ceramic transport amphorae. Eukratides could have been a merchant at the destination or the owner of the commercial business.

CONDITION

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