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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.559
Title
Greek Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
450-350 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Olynthos (Macedonia)
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290555

Physical Descriptions

Medium
terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
2.7 x 8 x 5.35 cm (1 1/16 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Information sheet in file reads: "Wheel made lamp from Olynthus. Found in House A VI in Room c."

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.559
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Wheelmade lamp with deep, globular body, angular shoulder, and sloping rim with two deep grooves. Long, flat-topped nozzle with rounded tip. Nozzle preserves charring. Preserved ends of otherwise missing broad, horizontal strap handle. Low, flat base.
Orange, micaceous fabric with dull, worn, black slip on interior and exterior. Base is unslipped.

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), p. 38, no. 327

Verification Level

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