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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

Verification Level

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