Lamp

50-1-15B

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 50-1-15B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

b) Complete. Head-lamp with face on top: the open mouth serves as nozzle and wick-hole. The eyes lie to either side of raised rim around filling hole, the nose is covered by the forward of the two pierced handles. Stippling beside filling hole to represent hair. Pale buff clay,

Height 2.8 cm
Length 4.5 cm
Outside Diameter 2.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. R. Hare Davis, 1950

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