Proposition for the Definition of Matrices of Amphora Stamps

RHODIAN STAMPS

1. Fabricant stamp without a month-name 

RF-ΑΜΥΝΤΑΣ-001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Amyntas)

2. Fabricant first homonym stamp without a month-name

RF-ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΣ 01-001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Antigonos I)

3. Fabricant second homonym stamp without a month-name

RF-ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΣ 02-001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Antigonos II)

4. Fabricant third homonym stamp without a month-name

RF-ΔΑΜΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ 03-020
(Indicating the twentieth matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Damokrates III)

5. Fabricant first homonym stamp with a month-name

RF-ΖΗΝΩΝ 01 - ΠΕΔΑΓΕΙΤΝΥΟΣ-001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Zenon I with the month-name Pedageitnyos)

6. Fabricant second homonym stamp with a month-name

RF-ΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΔΑΣ 02 - ΥΑΚΙΝΘΙΟΣ-003
(Indicating the third matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Aristeidas II with the month-name Hyakinthios)

7. Fabricant third homonym stamp with a month-name

RF-ΕΡΜΑΙΟΣ 03 - ΑΓΡΙΑΝΙΟΣ-001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Hermaios III with the month-name Agrianios) 

8. Stamp of a fabricant with an ethnic

RF-ΕΡΜΑΙΟΣ 03 ΚΑΒΑΛΕΥΣ -001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Hermaios III Kabaleus)

9. Stamp with an abbreviated fabricant name without a month-name

RF-AMN(-001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Amn( )

10. Stamp with an abbreviated fabricant name with a month-name 

RF-ΔΙΟΚΛΗΣ-ΘΕΣΜΟΦΟΡΙΟΣ-004
(Indicating the fourth matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Diokles with the month-name Thesmophorios) 

11. Stamp with a fabricant and an eponym names together 

RF-ΘΕΥΛΥΤΟΣ-RE-ΔΑΜΟ(-001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Theulytos and the eponym Damo( whose name appears in abbreviated form)

12. Stamp with an eponym and a fabricant names together  

RE-ΧΡΥΣΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ-RF-ΕΥΦΡΩΝ-001
  (Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian eponym Chrysostratos and the fabricant Euphron) 

13. Stamp with a fabricant first homonym name and an eponym name

RF-BAK(-RE-ΕΥΚΛΗΣ 01-001
 (Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Bak( and the eponym Eukles I)

14. Stamp with an eponym and a fabricant first homonym name

RE-ΞΕΝΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ-RF-ΕΠΙΓΟΝΟΣ-001
  (Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian eponym Xenostratos and the fabricant Epigonos I)

15. Stamp with an eponym second homonym name and a fabricant name with a month-name

RE-ΘΕΥΔΩΡΟΣ 02-RF-ΝΕΙΛΟΣ-ΥΑΚΙΝΘΙΟΣ-001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian eponym Theudoros II and the fabricant Neilos with the month-name Hyakinthios) 

16. Eponym stamp with a month-name 

RE-ΑΛΕΞΙΜΑΧΟΣ-ΑΓΡΙΑΝΙΟΣ-001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian eponym Aleximachos with the month-name Agrianios)

17. Eponym stamp without a month-name

RE-ΑΡΙΣΤΕΥΣ-001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian eponym Aristeus)

18. Eponym first homonym stamp without a month-name 

RE-ΑΡΧΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ 01-005
(Indicating the fifth matrix of the Rhodian eponym Archokrates I)

19. Eponym first homonym stamp with a month-name 

RE-ΑΡΧΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ 01-ΑΡΤΑΜΙΤΙΟΣ-002
(Indicating the second matrix of the Rhodian eponym Archokrates I with the month-name Artamitios)

20. Eponym second homonym stamp without a month-name

RE-ΑΡΧΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ 02-008
(Indicating the eighth matrix of the Rhodian eponym Archokrates II)

 21. Eponym second homonym stamp with a month-name

RE-ΑΣΤΥΜΗΔΗΣ 02- ΠΑΝΑΜΟΣ-003
(Indicating the third matrix of the Rhodian eponym Astymedes II with the month-name Panamos)

 22. Eponym third homonym stamp without a month-name

RE-ΑΣΤΥΜΗΔΗΣ 03-002
  (Indicating the second matrix of the Rhodian eponym Astymedes III)

 23. Eponym third homonym stamp with a month-name

RE-ΚΑΛΛΙΚΡΑΤΗΣ 03- ΔΑΛΙΟΣ -001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian eponym Kallikrates with the month-name Dalios)

  24. Eponym stamp accompanied by a secondary stamp containing a monogram 
(Matrices of secondary stamps are defined according to the monograms, letters and symbols appearing on them. As they are complementary stamps to the main stamps, an abbreviaton MC is added before the matrix number)

RE-ΕΣΤΙΕΙΟΣ-ΑΓΡΙΑΝΙΟΣ-006
MC: RTS-ΘA-001
(Indicating the sixth matrix of the Rhodian eponym Hestieios with the month-name Agrianios, and the complementary stamp indicating the first matrix of a secondary stamp with monograms theta and alpha) 

25. Eponym stamp accompanied by a secondary stamp containing a symbol 

 RE-ΑΡΙΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ-ΠΕΔΑΓΕΙΤΝΥΟΣ-001
MC: RTS-caducée-001
(Indicating the first matrix of the Rhodian eponym Aristratos with the month-name Pedageitnyos, and the complementary stamp indicating the first matrix of a secondary stamp with a caduceus symbol)

 26. Eponym stamp accompanied by a secondary stamp containing a ligature 

RE-ΚΛΗΝΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ-ΑΡΤΑΜΙΤΙΟΣ-006
MC: RTS-ΛΑΝ-001
(Indicating the sixth matrix of the Rhodian eponym Klenostratos with the month-name Artamitios, and the complementary stamp indicating the first matrix of a secondary stamp with a ligature containing the letters lambda, alpha and nu )

 27. Stamp with only a month-name
(As it is known on the stamps of the fabricant Hieroteles, the month-names are seen on another stamp impressed on the outer side of the handles as a second stamp distant from the main stamp*. The stamps containing only the month names also appear on some of the handles of Rhodian amphoras produced in the first century BC and their matrices are also defined with this system) 

MC: RM-ΔΑΛΙΟΣ-001
RF-ΙΕΡΟΤΕΛΗΣ-003
(the complementary stamp indicating the first matrix of a Rhodian month-name Dalios, and the third matrix of the Rhodian fabricant Hieroteles )