Fragment of Lamp: Dove carrying a Branch

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1978.495.193
Title: Fragment of Lamp: Dove carrying a Branch
Classification: Lighting Devices
Work Type: lighting device
Date: 400 - 500 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Tunis
Period: Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine
Culture: Roman
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/146516

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Mold-made
Dimensions: 8 x 11 cm (3 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Accession Year: 1978
Object Number: 1978.495.193
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Light from the Age of Augustine: Late Antique Ceramics from North Africa (Tunisia), Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Cambridge, 04/03/2002 - 06/24/2002; Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 06/01/2003 - 12/31/2003; Knights of Columbus Museum, New Haven, 03/27/2004 - 04/16/2005

Subjects and Contexts

Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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