2007.104.20: Lamp

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2007.104.20

Title

Lamp

Classification

Lighting Devices

Work Type

lighting device

Date

500-800 CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Palestine

Period

Byzantine period, Early

Culture

Levantine

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/175610

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Mold-made

Dimensions

4.7 x 6 x 10.3 cm (1 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 4 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Gift of Hesperia Art, 1965, given with purchase of Aeneas Olpe (TL39339.2). Said to have been found in Palestine.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University

Accession Year

2007

Object Number

2007.104.20

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Pale orangish-buff fabric with traces of medium-orange slip. Many traces of a white, powdery substance also adhere to portions of the lamp. Flat base slightly recessed and surrounded by a ridge. Underside of pear-shaped reservoir curves outward at base and then its sides continue upward flaring with little curve. Mold join visible at rim and some chipping along this join. Broad rim with a large zone decorated in relief. Design is a square surrounded by three-quarters of a circle, with lines, dots, and tongues inside square and circle. Large filling hole in center of this design, surrounded by two narrow ridges. No real discus. Elongated nozzle continues from rim. Charring and chipping on nozzle. Cross design above wick hole. Tall, unpierced, triangular lug handle.

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