Rome / Clay (unfired) / Slip

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0534
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Object Category: Artifact
Object Type: Lamps
Full Artifact Description: Light red micaceous clay with light red slip. Surface badly worn. Long nozzle taper toward wick hole. Conventional design on neck between double raised lines which continue to large central filling hole. Double convex body. No handle, but slight pointed projection at back and on either side. Plain circular band and within this cable pattern about outer edge of top. Eros in relief on either side of end, turning toward filling hole. Raised base with rosette of eight petals in center.
Materials: Clay (unfired); Slip

Measurements

Length: 8.3
Width: 6.0
Height: 2.5

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: 153 KB
Record: 0000.00.0534
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0534/0000_00_0534p01.tif

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Full citation: "Rome; Clay (unfired); Slip." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0534/0000_00_0534p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2024.