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Jar handle with seal impression
« on: April 23, 2015, 04:44:03 am »
Hi,

This is red clay jar handle has round seal impression with pellets border and unknown image and might be inscription. I can't find anything similar on the web and have no clue about the period: Judean, Hellenistic, Roman?

The seal diameter is 27mm

The handle size is 111mmx60mm

Please help me to get some direction for my search.

Best Regards,
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Re: Jar handle with seal impression
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2015, 10:53:24 am »
Google "stamped amphora handle" and "amphora handle seal impression".  There should be a lot out there.  For example there are 150 papers on academia.edu between those two headings.

Much of what I have seen is about seals comprised of writing.  Those with a head or design like yours seem rarer.

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Re: Jar handle with seal impression
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2015, 02:24:44 am »
Thank you Shawn.

Indeed, there are lot of articled about stamped handles on academia.edu. I think I reviewed all of them. Still don't sure about this one - not period and not the figure appearing on it. I'm focusing on those with round stamp with clear pellets border.
What do you think about this? Seems like Hellenistic?

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Re: Jar handle with seal impression
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2015, 06:38:19 am »
Hi explorer, the seal it self is a little bit worn, I have a few stamped handles, some I could identify the sealing  and some not, From the style of the handle compared with what I identified as Hellenistic I suppose that this handle is Hellenistic indeed.
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