Rome / Clay (unfired)

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0468
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Object Category: Artifact
Object Type: Lamps
Full Artifact Description: Buff micaceous clay; unglazed. Nozzle missing, seems to have been heart-shaped. Raised grape vine pattern on rim. Raised band set off by grooves between rim and discus. Air hole at base of nozzle. On discus, bust of Athene, wears crested, visored helmet and aegis, spear over right shoulder. Ring handle broken, two grooves on upper half, two on lower. Base ring set off by grooves. Double stamped circle above and below signature; PAG^VC
Cultures: Subject Broneer, pl. XII, 582;
Materials: Clay (unfired)

Measurements

Width: 7.9
Height: 3.0

Provenance

Provenance: Italy
Site: Rome

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: The Cave at Vari. VI. The Terra-Cotta Lamps. Bassett, Samuel Eliot. American Journal of Archaeology. 1903.

Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Lamps in the British Museum. Walters, H. B.. London: 1914.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 1704 x 2272
File Size: 154 KB
Record: 0000.00.0468
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0468/0000_00_0468p01.tif

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