1977.216.3237: Lamp
Lighting Devices
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.3237
- Title
- Lamp
- Classification
- Lighting Devices
- Work Type
- lighting device
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289616
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
- 1977.216.3237
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Handle of a terracotta lamp with a molded depiction of the Dioscouroi, Castor and Pollux, standing frontally under a crescent moon, each holding a spear, with stars over each of their heads.
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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