Lamp
97-123-37
From: Italy | Latium | Rome (Italy)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 97-123-37 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Italy | Latium | Rome (Italy) |
| Locus | Trinita di Monti Convent |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50-1 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Glazed | Stamped |
| Iconography | Oak Leaf |
| Description | Blunt nozzle figure lamp. Prototype of the "bird's head" lamps. Hard, well lev. light buff clay, micacous imp. Orange-red glaze. Discus: Oak (?) leaves. 5 double conc. circle stamps, in cross comp. on base. Handle piece of nozzle missing |
| Height | 4.3 cm |
| Length | 10.5 cm |
| Width | 8.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-123-37 - Old Museum Number | 28665 - ANSP Number | 12 - Collector Number |
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