Lamp

Artist Greece

Date2nd century BCE

MediumCeramic, terra cotta

ClassificationsFurnishings

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number1910.3.36

DescriptionVery small, finely made lamp with brick red slip or glaze over buff clay. Raised rim around oil hole, surrounded by radiating lines. Nozzle flattened on top, rounded and extended at the tip. On the top a branch motif closed in semi volutes - following the shape of the nozzle. Raised base. A straight line impressed in the center of the base. Made in a two piece mold.

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