Lighting Devices

Lamp

Description

Terracotta lamp with a male archer, standing right, and the helmeted head of the goddess Athena visible lin the background.

Classification

Lighting Devices

Medium

Terracotta

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

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