Lighting DevicesGreek4th century BCE
Greek Lamp
400-300 BCE
Description
Wheelmade lamp with mid-volume, ovoid body. Walls flare outward at underside and curve up and around. Narrow, sunken rim surrounds medium-sized filling hole. Long nozzle with splayed ends. Vertical loop handle broken away just above join with lamp body. Low, concave base. Orange fabric with dark brown, semi-matt slip. Large chip to left of rim.
Dimensions
3.2 x 9.35 x 5.4 cm (1 1/4 x 3 11/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Information sheet in object file reads: "from Temple at Paestum, Italy", but provides no further information.
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