Greek Wine Amphora

An ancient Greek Rhodian wine amphora with high arching acute handles each stamped in Greek with the name and origin of the vintage with grape leaf and caduceus.

E P I A R I E T O P E N E P A N A [M O U ?]

Ca. late 3rd - 2nd century BC.

Height: 32 in. (81 cm).

Amphorae of this type were used for the storage and transportation of liquids, especially wine, olive oil and other foodstuffs.

cf. terracotta transport amphora: Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. no. 74.51.357

Formerly in the collection of Artemis A. W. Joukowsky (1930-2020) and Dr. Martha Sharp Joukowsky, president of the Archaeological Institute of America, 1989-1993, (1936-2022), Providence, Rhode Island.

Inv#: 9112

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