Lamp with Chi-Rho Monogram
4th-7th century CE
Description
Mold-made, terracotta lamp: oval body with long nozzle, now broken, with wide shallow channel between the wick hole and the filling hole; traces of burning on the mouth. The handle is grooved and unpierced. shoulders decorated with a groove pattern forming a circle around the area of the filling-hole; the filling-hole area is decorated with the Chi-Rho symbol, flanked by two filling holes. The lamp stands on a flat base within which is impressed a loop-like groove that extends towards the rear of the lamp and a circle within the loop, possibly a makers' mark. Classification: Hayes, Type I.
Dimensions
H. 2.8 × W. 5.3 × H. 9 cm (1 1/8 × 2 1/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton, MA (by 1932), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1932.
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