Guttos or Lamp-filler
VesselsSouth Italian4th century BCE

Guttos or Lamp-filler

4th century BCE

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
South Italian
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Century
4th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Provenance

Acquired by Henry W. Haynes, c. 1873-1878. Bequest of Henry W. Haynes to the Department of the Classics, 1912. Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977.

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