Lighting DevicesRoman1st century BCE-1st century CE
Lamp
50 BCE-25 CE
Description
Tear-shaped, slightly raised, flat base. Deep reservoir. Narrow rim slopes inward and consists of three ridges. Discus is funnel-shaped with a central filling hole surrounded by a large, thinly-petalled rosette. Decorative, bowtie-shaped lug at left side of rim. Long nozzle flares at end and terminates in a straight edge. Channel interrupts rim and extends to nozzle hole. Handle and tip of nozzle are heavily repaired or restored.
Dimensions
12.1 × 6.3 cm (4 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Lent by the Misses Katherine B. and Mary D. Upham, March 14, 1908.
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