Abstract
A Chian Straight-Neck amphora with an unusual stamped toe, dating to the third quarter of the fourth century BCE, was excavated at Tel Akko, Israel, in 2015. The stamp impression depicts the profile of a sitting sphinx facing left, with an amphora positioned in front of it. What makes this impres- sion unique is its location on the toe of the vessel rather than the usual placement on the rim, neck, or shoulders of the amphora. Very similar seated sphinxes facing amphoras appear on fourth-century BCE silver Chian coins. We suggest the contemporaneity of this motif on both Chian amphora stamps and coins indicates a centralized administrative control of measures within a common political-economic context.
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