2007.104.15: Lamp

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2007.104.15

Title

Lamp

Classification

Lighting Devices

Work Type

lighting device

Date

75-125 CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Unidentified Site

Period

Roman Imperial period

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/175497

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Mold-made

Dimensions

4.3 x 6.3 x 10.6 cm (1 11/16 x 2 1/2 x 4 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Part of McDaniel Collection at least since 1959: Included in David Mitten's 1959 HSCP article. Probably included in original McDaniel gift.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University

Accession Year

2007

Object Number

2007.104.15

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Buff fabric with traces of orangish slip, charred around wick hole. Flat bottom. Pear-shaped body, with nozzle an extension of reservoir itself. Vertical, pierced handle with two longitudinal grooves. Depressed discus enclosed by raised ridge and grooves; filling hole in center. Three female heads in relief are placed at the corners of the lamp, surrounding the discus. Small "air" hole at edge of rim toward nozzle. Inscription CLOLDIA stamped on the bottom refers to C. Lollius Diadumenus.

Subjects and Contexts

• Roman Domestic Art

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