1977.216.3010: Greek Lamp
Lighting Devices
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.3010
- Title
- Greek Lamp
- Classification
- Lighting Devices
- Work Type
- lighting device
- Date
- 500-400 BCE
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289718
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 9.5 x 7.75 cm (11/16 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
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
- 1977.216.3010
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Wheelmade lamp with shallow body, incurving walls, and curved rim. Rim incised near edge. Short, rounded, bridged nozzle. Central tube at floor of oil chamber rises to level of the rim. Broad, low base with slight concavity.
Orange fabric with glossy, black slip on interior and exterior. Base self- or unslipped. Chipping of slip in small patches, most heavily along rim and on underside of nozzle.
Verification Level
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