Lamp
32-36-51
From: Italy | Latium | Minturnae
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 32-36-51 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Italy | Latium | Minturnae |
| Locus | Theatre |
| Date Made | late 1st century - early 2nd century |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Moldmade Italic Volute Lamp. Lamp with rounded voluted nozzle (Loeschke Type IV). Buff clay with chocolate brown glaze. Decorated on discus: Bust of Zeus wearing chiton, and hair and beard in fringe of curls round his face -- in front of him is his eagle looking to left, with wings spread, standing on a conventional thunderbolt (see Walter's n. 751). Nozzle, handle broken -- mended. Potter's stamp M. |
| Height | 3 cm |
| Length | 10 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Minturnae (Italy) Expedition, Jotham Johnson, 1932 |
| Other Number | 3775 - Field No SF |
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