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Stamped Amphora Handle

Stamped Amphora Handle

Roman

Several examples of this stamp have been found, but no consensus has been reached as to what the abbreviations are meant to indicate. Two possibilities are that the numbers represent different divisions of the same estate, or different individuals in charge of various sub-divisions of the production units.

Terracotta

Roman Imperial period, Middle

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