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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.495.176
Title
Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
400-300 BCE
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/147471

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
4.15 x 11.6 x 6.9 cm (1 5/8 x 4 9/16 x 2 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Information sheet in object file reads: "Received from Amer. Antiq. Soc., Worcester, MA".

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
1978.495.176
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Wheelmade lamp with deep body and slightly incurving walls which are squared at join with rim. Broad, convex rim slopes down towards filling hole. Medium-sized filling hole. Long, narrow, flat-topped nozzle rounded at end. Broad strap handle, with incised ridge just below upper edge, set at slight angle above the horizontal. Low, concave base.
Light orange fabric with semi-lustrous black slip. Base unslipped. Gray accretion in patches on body.

Verification Level

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