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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.2875
Title
Greek Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
400-300 BCE
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290034

Physical Descriptions

Medium
terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
5.5 x 10.3 x 5.8 cm (2 3/16 x 4 1/16 x 2 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.2875
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Wheelmade lamp with middle volume, ovoid body. Walls flare outward at underside and curve up and around. Rim, in two facets, slopes toward medium-sized filling hole. Long nozzle with splayed ends. Vertical loop handle. Low, concave base.
Buff fabric with dark brown-black, semi-lustrous slip, misfired to orange just below handle and in patches on underside. Base unslipped. Gray accretion around rim and on underside.

Verification Level

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