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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.3231
Title
Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/289584

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Oric Bates
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.3231
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Terracotta lamp with a depiction of a man and horse on the discus; the man is below the horse, either having fallen off or in the pose of a defeated enemy.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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