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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1867
Title
Terracotta Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/58410

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
4.5 x 1.9 x 3.2 cm (1 3/4 x 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Loan from Dr. George H. Chase
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.1867
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
From Rome, Broneer Type cannot be determined. Material: hard, porous, light-yellow clay, with gritty black impurities. No surface treatment. Complete except for tiny hole in right side, slightly encrusted. Crudely made oblong lamp with long nozzle containing tiny wick-hole and horizontal pierced handle. Flat, somewhat elliptical base, concave top with small, central filling-hole. Wick-hole apparently stopped up. Decoration--V-shaped groove, pointing towards nozzle, on top. No inscriptions or potter's stamps.

Verification Level

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