1960.551: Greek Lamp

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.551

Title

Greek Lamp

Classification

Lighting Devices

Work Type

lighting device

Date

600-500 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Olynthos (Macedonia)

Period

Archaic period

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/290542

Physical Descriptions

Medium

terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

2.25 x 9.95 x 7.15 cm (7/8 x 3 15/16 x 2 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Excavated at Olynthus. Published: Robinson, Excavations at Olynthus, Vol. II, fig. 297, no. 2.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.551

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Wheelmade lamp with shallow body, slightly curving walls, and flat, overhanging rim. Broad filling hole. Small, rounded, bridged nozzle is heavily charred. Remains of vertical strap handle at lower rear. Base is flat and not delineated.
Orange fabric. Unslipped. Reconstructed from two large pieces. Nozzle heavily damaged, most of handle missing, chipping on rim and along floor of oil chamber.

Publication History

• Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), pp. 36-37, no. 313

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