| Object Number |
MS5927 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Roman |
| Provenience |
Mediterranean |
| Period |
Roman Period |
| Date Made |
1st century |
| Section |
Mediterranean |
| Materials |
Ceramic |
| Description |
Upper half of lamp. Prominent raised rim around discus extending along channel on top of nozzle and around wick-hole. A protuberance at ca. 4 o'clock and at 8 o'clock on shoulder. Light brown, sandy, micaceous clay. |
| Length |
9.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter |
6.5 cm |
| Credit Line |
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Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
| Broneer, Oscar. Terracotta Lamps. 4, 2. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1930. Page/Fig./Plate: 339 See: Type XXVI |
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| Perlzweig Binder, Judith. The Athenian Agora: Lamps of the Roman Period: First to Seventh Century after Christ. 7. 1961. See: no. 120 |
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