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Amphora Handle with Uncertain Stamp

Amphora Handle with Uncertain Stamp

Punic

Fragment of a handle, nearly complete. Reddish clay with buff-colored slip. Fabric is Campanian. Stamp is on shoulder. Stamp is rectangular, 3.5 cm and depicts a crescent moon and sun, all common on Carthaginian tombs. There are also three uncertain letters, which may be some form of Punic, Libyan, or other native alphabet.

Terracotta

Hellenistic period

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