Rome / Glaze / Clay (unfired)

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0522
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Object Category: Artifact
Object Type: Lamps
Full Artifact Description: Pinkish buff micaceous clay with traces of brownish-red to black glaze. Two rounded nozzles side by side made heart-shaped by small stamped circle at base of each. Concave top of lamp decorated with rosette having oblique petals which extend up to ridge about edge making it fluted. Small air hole at base of nozzle. At back, remains of where lamp attached to some other object (another lamp or small altar). Oblique rays on under side of lamp and nozzle. Base ring set off by grooves. Stamped circle in center.
Materials: Glaze; Clay (unfired)

Measurements

Length: 6.4
Width: 5.2
Height: 2.2

Provenance

Provenance: Italy
Site: Rome

Publications and Exhibitions

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 1704 x 2272
File Size: 175 KB
Record: 0000.00.0522
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0522/0000_00_0522p01.tif

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Full citation: "Rome; Glaze; Clay (unfired)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0522/0000_00_0522p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2024.