1977.216.2928: Lamp
Lighting Devices
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.2928
- Title
- Lamp
- Classification
- Lighting Devices
- Work Type
- lighting device
- Date
- 350-150 BCE
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/290130
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 5.35 x 4.5 cm (7/8 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 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
- 1977.216.2928
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Small, ovoid, wheelmade lamp with deep body. Dome-shaped upper half, no defined rim, medium-sized filling hole. Small, pointed nozzle with rounded tip set low on the body of the lamp with its hole extending up toward the filling hole, forming a small bridge. Tip and bridge of nozzle are charred. Flat, very slightly raised base preserves string marks. Lower walls spread outward and shallowly upward only about a centimeter before joining with upper walls.
Orange-tan micaceous fabric with sandy inclusions. Wholly unslipped. Some white and pale green accretion, particularly on base.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/22/2016 - 01/08/2017
Verification Level
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