Lamp

40-38-35

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 40-38-35
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 1st century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Bird's head lamp in the later, stylized form. Well lev. pale pink clay. Dec.: wishbone and antithetical swans' heads designs. Potter's stamp, in pedila: MYRO. Handle broken off; small hole in base.

Height 3.2 cm
Length 8.5 cm
Width 6.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Horace Sellers, 1940

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