Lighting DevicesRoman1st-2nd century CE

Mold-made Oil Lamp with Relief Decoration of Seated Figure Offering Libation

1st-2nd century CE

Classification

Lighting Devices

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period

Century

1st-2nd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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