Lamp
97-123-37
From: Italy | Latium | Rome (Italy)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 97-123-37 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Italy | Latium | Rome (Italy) |
Locus | Trinita di Monti Convent |
Period | Roman Period |
Date Made | 50-1 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Glazed | Stamped |
Iconography | Oak Leaf |
Description | Blunt nozzle figure lamp. Prototype of the "bird's head" lamps. Hard, well lev. light buff clay, micacous imp. Orange-red glaze. Discus: Oak (?) leaves. 5 double conc. circle stamps, in cross comp. on base. Handle piece of nozzle missing |
Height | 4.3 cm |
Length | 10.5 cm |
Width | 8.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 6.8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
Other Number | L-123-37 - Old Museum Number | 28665 - ANSP Number | 12 - Collector Number |
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