1977.216.3048: Lamp
Lighting Devices
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.3048
- Title
- Lamp
- Classification
- Lighting Devices
- Work Type
- lighting device
- Date
- 4th-6th century
- Period
- Late Antique period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289697
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.3048
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Fabric is buff with red glaze. Round reservoir is decorated with incised lines. Sunken flat discus is decorated with Christian monogram. There are two holes in discus. Unpierced handle is at back of reservoir. Sides of nozzle are double-grooved. Nozzle is blackened from use.
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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