Lamp
50-1-18
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 50-1-18 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 0-50 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Mould Made |
| Description | mold-made terracotta lamp with crescent handle. Intact. Buff clay covered with dull brownish glaze, now somewhat peeled. Low base and pierced vertical handle with crescent shaped attachment above. Concave discus molded with rings and ribbing; small air-hole near base of nozzle. Volutes near end of nozzle below wick-hole. |
| Height | 6 cm |
| Length | 13.5 cm |
| Width | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. R. Hare Davis, 1950 |
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